In Asia, Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after torrential rains caused floods in Malaysia, according to the state news agency Bernama.
Perak was the latest state to be hit by floods on Sunday, while the situation was worsening in six other states, causing at least 21,000 people to be evacuated to relief centres.
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob late on Saturday told a media conference that the heavy rainfall that started Friday morning was equivalent to the total rainfall for a month in normal conditions.
The prime minister promised swift aid to flood victims as well as an initial allocation of $23.7million to repair damaged houses and infrastructure.
Meanwhile, Rescue efforts were underway for those trapped in vehicles and outside of their homes, while reports from Saturday of those trapped at home have been resolved, he said.
More than 66,000 personnel from the police, army and fire department have been mobilised.
While rainy weather has slowed nationwide, a government website showed water exceeding dangerous levels in six central and northeastern states on Sunday afternoon.
The Meteorological Department warned of a dangerous level of continuous torrential rain in Perak but has downgraded Selangor from danger level to alert.
Dozens of bus routes in and around the Malaysian capital, Kuala Lumpur, have been cancelled and train services leading to the port city of Klang were suspended.
Malaysia’s worst flooding in decades took place in 2014, forcing some 118,000 people to flee.
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