Overall Green alert Flood
in Malaysia

Event summary

This flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1102629
Death: 0
Displaced: 638
Countries: Malaysia
From - To 16 May - 18 May

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Malaysia - Floods (ECHO 24 May 2024)Fri, 24 May 2024 10:05

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the peninsular Malaysia, in particular the Perak state over the last 24 hours, causing floods that have resulted in population evacuations and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 24 May, 130 evacuated people across the Perak Tengah district, southern Perak state.
  • Over the next 24 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of peninsular Malaysia.
Peninsular Malaysia, Mid-May 2024NADMA reported evacuations after flash floods in Kedah and Perak states in Mid-may 2024.Fri 17 May 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2024. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Puchong flood mitigation project expected to complete by year end, say.. 5/21/2024 12:12:00 PM.

SHAH ALAM, May 21 — The RM5 million flash flood mitigation project in the Puchong area, is slated for completion by the year’s end, Selangor Investment, Trade and Mobility Committee chairman Ng Sze Han said. He said the project which focuse
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Upgrading of Federal Road FT3210 in Hulu Langat to benefit 52,000 user.. 5/19/2024 8:58:00 AM.

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Upgrading of Federal Road FT3210 in Hulu Langat to benefit 52,000 user.. 5/19/2024 8:10:00 AM.

HULU LANGAT : The upgrading project for Federal Road FT3210 from Jalan Dato Alias to the Batu 9 intersection in Hulu Langat, expected to be completed by mid-2026, will benefit 52,000 road users daily. Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nan
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UPGRADING OF FEDERAL ROAD FT3210 IN HULU LANGAT TO BENEFIT 52,000 USER.. 5/19/2024 7:54:00 AM.

HULU LANGAT, May 19 (Bernama) -- The upgrading project for Federal Road FT3210 from Jalan Dato Alias to the Batu 9 intersection in Hulu Langat, expected to be completed by mid-2026, will benefit 52,000 road users daily. Works Minister Datuk
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),