Flooding closes dozens of roads and disrupts shipping in the country's most populous region.
Flooding caused by torrential rains in Malaysia has driven more than 11,000 people from their homes, closed dozens of roads and disrupted shipping.Shipping operations were severely disrupted by the floodsMore than 66,000 personnel from the police, army and fire department have been mobilised nationwide to help rescue people stranded by floodwaters and take them to shelters, Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob told a news conference late on Saturday.
But the downpour that started on Friday morning and continued through Saturday hit worst in the western state of Selangor — Malaysia's wealthiest and most populous region. surrounding the capital, Kuala Lumpur."It's a bit chaotic in Selangor right now … in other states, preparations would be made earlier for the monsoon. But in Selangor, this happened almost suddenly," Mr Ismail said, adding that nearly 4,000 people in the state had been evacuated from their homes.
Ashraf Noor Azam, a 26-year-old resident from the Selangor district of Shah Alam, said he had not expected the situation to be so serious and had been forced to leave his car on the side of a highway."After four hours stranded without help, and the flood isn't getting better, we decided to walk in the flood," he said in a tweet with a video showing three people walking.
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