Record numbers evacuated in Malaysia’s worst floods in decades

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KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters): More than 100,000 people have been evacuated from their homes by authorities in five northern states of Malaysia hit by the Southeast Asian nation’s worst monsoon floods in decades. Extremely high levels of floodwater and bad weather have made relocating victims and the transport of food supplies by helicopters difficult, Prime Minister Najib Razak said in a statement. A total of 103,412 people have been displaced in Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perak and Perlis, state news agency Bernama said, surpassing the previous record of 100,000 people evacuated during floods in 2008. Northeastern peninsular Malaysia, which is worst affected, is regularly hit by flooding during the annual Northeast Monsoon, but this year’s rains have been particularly bad. On Tuesday, nearly 60 foreign tourists were among almost 100 people rescued by boat and helicopter from a resort in a Malaysian national park lashed by its highest rainfall since 1971. The flooding comes as communities in northwestern Malaysia mark the 10th anniversary of the devastating tsunami that hit on 26 December 2004.

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