CNA reports | Heavy rain in Johor across the last two days has triggered floods, displacing more than 5,500 people.
Bernama reported that 55 relief centres have been opened in Johor as of 8am on Thursday to house the flood evacuees. Segamat was the most affected district in Johor, followed by Kluang and Mersing, according to the state disaster management committee on Wednesday.
In Sabah state, close to 6,500 people have been evacuated.
Yet for residents in Kampung Contoh, what is most concerning is the increasing frequency of the floods.
Student Nurul Husnina Kamaluddin, another Kampung Contoh resident, told CNA that this was the second time in three years her family was forced to evacuate their home due to floods.
"I still remember how in end-2021, the floods were so bad, we had to be moved to the relief shelter on boats," the 16-year-old recounted.
Kampong Contoh was among the villages affected in December 2021, when torrential downpour over two days led to one of the country’s worst flood events in recent times. It was dubbed by the government and weather experts as a “once in a hundred years” event.
The floods, which impacted residents across nine states, displaced more than 70,000 people and left 54 dead at that time.
During the floods over the last week, Ms Nurul Husnina said that the family evacuated on foot after noticing that the water level was rising.
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