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 1103005
Glide number: FL-2024-000217-THA
Death: 1
Displaced: 44728
Countries: Malaysia
From - To 10 Nov - 28 Nov

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Malaysia - Floods (ECHO 18 Nov 2024)Wed, 13 Nov 2024 11:21

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the Peninsular Malaysia, in particular the southern state of Pahang since 10 November, causing floods that have resulted in population displacement and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 13 November, a total of more than 450 evacuated people, across the Raub district, Pahang state.
  • Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall with locally very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Peninsular Malaysia.
Malaysia, Thailand - Severe weather, update (ECHO 04 Dec 2024)Fri, 29 Nov 2024 10:47

  • The Northeast Monsoon (MTL), continues to bring very heavy rainfall between Peninsular Malaysia and southern Thailand, causing floods and flash floods that resulted in casualties and damage.
  • In Malaysia, the ASEAN Coordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance (AHA Centre) reports four fatalities, and 52,360 displaced people in 385 evacuation centres. The hit states are Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perak, Perlis, Sarawak, and Terengganu and most of the displaced people are located in Kelantan and Terengganu.
  • In Thailand, a total of 136,219 households have been affected in Satun, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Songkhla, Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala provinces.
  • National authorities of both countries are providing help for those affected.
  • For the next 48 hours, heavy to very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the impacted areas of southern Thailand and Peninsular Malaysia.
Malaysia, Thailand - Floods, update (ECHO 08 Dec 2024)Tue, 03 Dec 2024 10:38

  • Very heavy rainfall, due to the Northeast Monsoon (MTL), continues to affect the Peninsular Malaysia, the East Malaysia, the Malaysian Borneo island and southern Thailand since mid-November, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in an increased number of casualties and damage. The death toll across both countries reached an unconfirmed number of 27 fatalities.
  • In Malaysia, media report as of 3 December, seven fatalities across Kelantan, and Terenggan states , Peninsular Malaysia, and Sarawak states, East Malaysia. The Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) also reports more than 144,050 displaced people across the affected area, where the worst affected is the Kelantan state with alone over 82,600 displaced people.
  • In Thailand, media report as of the same date, around 20 unconfirmed fatalities, and a total of approximately 434,000 affected families in ten provinces across the country, where the most affected are the southern provinces.
  • Over the next 72 hours, very heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole Malaysia and over the far southern Thailand.
Peninsular Malaysia, Late November 2024NADMA in Malaysia reported flooding in areas of Kelantan, Terengganu, Kedah, Perlis, Perak, and Johor states following heavy rain from 26 November 2024.Thu 28 Nov 2024FloodList provided by Copernicus GloFAS
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