KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 — The damaged furniture and mud-caked walls left by floodwaters have now been replaced or cleaned in Elizabeth Chong’s family home, but lost forever are old photos and documents that gave a precious glimpse into her ancestors’ lives.
“The doors burst open. Water came in like crazy. All of a sudden it was chest high,” said Chong, an administrator for a pharmaceutical company and a part-time student. But victims say the country’s response to the floods was often slow and inadequate, and green groups are now calling on the government to introduce laws to cut climate changing emissions and boost emergency response and adaptation efforts.
Authorities also completed construction of a key drainage and road tunnel in 2007, to guard against flash floods in the capital and help ease traffic congestion. They temporarily moved in with family that lived elsewhere in the city, and the next day she returned home with her mother to salvage some belongings.
Analysts say forest losses may be contributing to the worsening floods, with many of the hardest-hit states also showing the highest deforestation rates, according to GFW data. Malaysia’s Environment Ministry and Prime Minister’s Office did not respond to a request for comment. Typically, seasonal floods happen more along the eastern coast of the Malaysian peninsula, said Renard Siew, a climate change advisor at think-tank the Centre for Governance and Political Studies — so the floods in December came as a shock to many urban residents.
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