Flood In Malaysia 2017

A weather station near kepala batas in penang recorded 946 mm of rain between 03 and 06 november with 458 mm of that total falling in 24 hours to 06 november.

Flood in malaysia 2017. Seven people have died and thousands evacuated as penang was inundated by up to 4m of water after an 18 hour storm that ended yesterday morning. Workers dredge garbage and silt from a storm drain near the pasar seni lrt station following flash floods last week. 2017 with the headline malaysia floods force 23 000 to flee homes. A flood has occurred in sabah malaysia on 18 october 2017 19 29 local time.

Torrential rain fell from 03 november 2017. Nevertheless floods can happen anytime anywhere. A federal allocation worth rm20 million has been approved under rolling plan 2 in the 11th malaysia plan for a flood mitigation project in bandar sierra at the sungai telipok basin in kota. In 2016 the state with the most floods was selangor with 30 incidents.

Malaysia floods in perak. At least 7 people have died and over 10 000 displaced after floods swept through the northern states of penang and kedah in peninsular malaysia. In 2017 26 out of the 47 recorded floods in malaysia happened in kelantan while more than half of it 14 incidents were linked to the kelantan river. The state s worst flooding caused its chief.

Picture by mukhriz hazim. Seasonal flooding hits malaysia s east coast states every year and regularly results in mass evacuations.