Floods caused by heavy rainfall have killed four people and led to the evacuation of 80,000 people in several Malaysian states, the National Disaster Management Center announced on Friday.
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In total, more than 80,000 people had to be evacuated to 467 temporary shelters in seven Malaysian states affected by flooding during the week, the organization said on Friday.
A search and rescue team has been mobilized to facilitate relief operations, particularly in the state of Kelantan, located in the far northeast of the country on the border with Thailand, the disaster management center said. disasters in a press release.
Four people died in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Sarawak.
Further heavy rain, common in this season, is expected across the country on Saturday, a meteorological service spokesperson told AFP.
Floods are an annual phenomenon in this Southeast Asian country of 34 million people, due to the northeast monsoon which brings heavy rains from November to March.
Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi warned Thursday that the floods “are expected to be more serious than in 2014,” when more than 100,000 people had to leave their homes, according to the official Bernama news agency.
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