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14 Dead, 71,000 Displaced As Malaysia Battles Its Worst Flooding In Years

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian military uses Tuesday ship to distribute food for desperate people who are trapped in their homes after a massive flood, because the death toll rises to more than 70,000 refugees.
Heavy rain days triggered several worst floods in the years throughout the country on weekends, cities and villages of Berawa and cut the main streets.

Selangor – The richest and most populous states in the country, circling the capital of Kuala Lumpur – is one of the most devastated areas.

In the city of Shah Alam, several areas are still under water Tuesday and military personnel on board distributing food to people who are trapped at home and government shelter.

Kartik Subramany escaped from his home when the flood rose, and took refuge in school for 48 hours before being evacuated with his family to a shelter.

“My house is really broken, my two cars are destroyed,” said the 29-year-old people told AFP.

“This is the worst flood throughout my life. The federal government has failed, those people are terrible – have failed in its main function to protect and maintain life.”

He is included in the growing amount of criticizing what they say is a slow and inadequate official response.

Thousands of emergency services and military personnel have been mobilized, but critics say it is not enough and volunteers have stepped to provide food and ships for rescue efforts.

There is also a supermarket report that is looted in a hard shah environment.

The official ‘without hope’ response

MP opposition Fuziah Salleh describes the official response as “desperate” and “incompetent”.

“There is no early warning from heavy rain given,” he told AFP. “Life that is so sad has been lost.”

On Tuesday, the death toll from floods rose to 14, including eight in Selangor and six in the eastern state of Pahang, the official news agency named reported.

But with reports of people still missing, it is expected to increase.

More than 71,000 people have been forced from their homes due to flooding, including 41,000 in Pahang and 26,000 in Selangor, according to official data.

Refugees were placed in government aid centers but officials had warned to expect the increase in Coronavirus cases related to crowded shelters.

The rain has stopped and in many flood areas it has receded, leaving residents to calculate costs.

“I have done business for more than 24 years … this has never happened before,” said Mohammad early, whose cosmetic store beyond Kuala Lumpur was flooded.

The Southeast Asian nation has been hit by floods every year during the rainy season, but they on weekends are the worst since 2014 when more than 100,000 people are forced from their homes.

Global warming has been associated with deteriorating floods. Because the warmer atmosphere has more water, climate change increases the risks and intensity of flooding from extreme rainfall.

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