At least 12 people have been killed and hundreds of thousands affected in Malaysia and Thailand as officials brace for the worst flood in a decade.
Tens of thousands of people have been evacuated from flooded areas in southern Thailand .At least 12 people have been killed by flooding that has affected hundreds of thousands in Malaysia and Thailand .
The Malaysian prime minister barred his cabinet members from going on leave as the country braces for what officials fear could be country's worst flood in a decade.The Chana district of Songkhla province suffered the worst floods in 50 years, with video footage showing people being carried out to trucks from their homes inundated by a torrent of flood water.
Last week, Malaysia's Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim barred his cabinet members from going on leave, after the displacement of more than 90,000 people in a growing flood disaster that officials fear could be the country's worst in a decade. It's one of the most disaster-prone regions in the world and poorer than Australia and the US — but locals feel equipped for the worst.
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