Floods raging in Malaysia

Not yet recovering from the flood last week caused eight deaths, Malaysia again suffered from downpour on December 26.

Five relief centers have reopened in Johor state (southern Malaysia) to receive refugees. According to the Malaysian News Agency, nearly 63,000 people were forced to relocate from their homes.

Heavy flooding also affected Pahang state (central Malaysia) and the state of Malacca. There has been no news of the number of people killed in the new flood, in addition to the rescue agency looking for a 17-year-old youth missing from a few days ago. Local newspapers said the flooding caused another threat to the people, including dangerous animals such as crocodiles, pythons or cobras. Local newspapers reported that crocodiles have come to eat many poultry rearing in people's gardens.

In the flood relief center of Pagoh town, Johor (Malaysia) province on December 26 (Photo: Reuters)

In Singapore, rain continued to fall back on December 26 after a day of cloudy weather, but did not cause major flooding, except for a local flash flood on Mountbatten Street in 30 minutes. The rain also caused a landslide on Upper East Coast Street, fortunately no people died or were injured.

In Indonesia, the number of people killed by the landslide in Sumatra due to the effects of flooding at the end of last week reached more than 109 people. Floods also left 390,000 people in Aceh province homeless.

* Meanwhile in China, dense fog in many cities such as Beijing, Hangzhou, Jinan . has greatly affected traffic activities. By December 26, 140 domestic flights from Beijing airport were postponed.

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