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Extremely rare heavy rainfall caused Thursday’s KL flood

The Drainage and Irrigation Department says the flash floods in Kuala Lumpur on Thursday were caused by unusually heavy rainfall. – The Malaysian Insight pic by Seth Akmal, September 12, 2020.reported The StarThe Drainage and Irrigation Department said in a matter of a few hours, the deluge in the city was 5% more than what it normally receives in an entire year.

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