On Sunday, more than 30,000 people in Malaysia were evacuated from their homes as the country battled some of the worst floodings it has seen in years.
Toward the end of the year, the tropical Southeast Asian nation has rainy monsoon seasons, which frequently result in widespread evacuations due to flooding.
Rains have caused rivers to overflow since Friday, drowning numerous metropolitan areas and blocking off main routes, stranding thousands of motorists.
On an official government website, more than 30,000 flood casualties from eight states and territories were listed, with over 14,000 of them in Pahang, Malaysia’s central state.
Nearly 10,000 people were forced to flee their houses in Selangor, Malaysia’s richest state, which surrounds the capital Kuala Lumpur, with Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob expressing surprise at the catastrophic floods.
