At least 27 dead due to severe flooding in Malaysia

The authorities raised this Wednesday to 27 the death toll from the floods in recent days in Malaysia, which were unusually severe due to the climate crisis and have caused more than 66,000 displaced people.

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Of the total deaths, 20 have been located in Selangor and another 7 in Pahang, both states in the south of the country, while emergency services continue with rescue and aid tasks in affected areas, the Bernama agency reported.

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The heavy rains that fell mainly between last Friday and Saturday have been described as the worst in the last 100 years, although there are fears that they will be repeated in the future due to climate change.

“I would say that climate change is a major factor in the heavy rains on Friday and Saturday that caused the flooding,” Environment Professor Haliza Abdul Rahman, from the Malaysian University Putra Malaysia, told Channel News Asia.

“Floods have been classified as an event that occurs every 100 years, but perhaps many incidents like this will occur again in the coming years,” added Haliza, who specified that heavy rainfall has also caused disasters in China, Germany and Turkey between July. and August.

“Climate change causes extreme changes in weather patterns, temperatures and rainfall,” said the Malaysian expert.

According to the Disaster Management Agency, more than 66,000 people have been displaced due to floods in Perak, Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Melaka, Negri Sembilan and Kuala Lumpur.

Malaysian Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob announced on Sunday $ 23 million (about € 21 million) in aid to repair homes and infrastructure damaged by floods.

More than 66,000 police, soldiers and firefighters participate in emergency and rescue tasks for people trapped by the floods.

Malaysia has two rainy seasons: one caused by the southwest monsoon (May-September) and the other by the northeast monsoon (October-March), the most severe and generally affecting the eastern part of the Malay Peninsula and Borneo.

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