Weather improves in Malaysia’s flood-hit states, number of evacuees down to 43,000

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The flood has killed five people from Johor, the latest being a 23-year-old woman. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Sunny skies finally brightened up the flood-hit states of Johor, Pahang and Melaka after days of continuous rain,

Instead, the weather agency said most states in Peninsular Malaysia will have “bright and good” weather. The local authorities have collected more than 160 tonnes of waste and rubbish that have accumulated since the floods began last Wednesday. Despite the widespread destruction, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday that the flood situation in the southern Malaysian state is still under control and there is no need to declare a state of emergency.

 

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