Malaysia‘s National Disaster Command Centre (NDCC) reports that over 700 people have evacuated their homes after flooding in Johor State. All those displaced are in Kota Tinggi District. Some areas…
At least 2 people have died and over 15,000 people are now displaced after flooding has worsened in the states of Kelantan and Terengganu in Malaysia over the last 24…
Flooding in Terengganu State in eastern Peninsular Malaysia has displaced over 2,000 people according to disaster agencies. Floods hit the area after heavy rainfall from 27 November. Parts of Besut…
Thousands of homes have been damaged by flooding in parts Peninsula Malaysia and northern areas of the island of Sumatra, Indonesia, after heavy rainfall over the last few days. Indonesia…
Over 1,000 people have evacuated their homes in parts of Sarawak State, Malaysia, after flooding following heavy rain from 02 June, 2019. Belaga district in Kapit Division is by far…
STOCKHOLM, Sept 21 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Sand mining from rivers is depriving many low-lying Asian deltas of the sediment they need to maintain themselves, raising the risk of worsening…
Update, 16 February 2018 Further flood related deaths have been reported in the Philippines in the wake of Tropical Cyclone Sanba (known locally as Basyang). Local media are reporting fatalities…
Heavy rain in eastern areas of Malaysia caused flooding in parts of Sarawak State from 03 February, 2018. Samarahan Division recorded almost 200mm of rain in 24 hours to 06…
Malaysia’s annual northeast monsoon brought further heavy rain over the last 2 days, worsening the flood situation that hit the 3 states of Pahang, Johor and Terengganu at the start…
Over 3,000 people have been forced to leave their homes after floods in several states in Peninsular Malaysia. The flooding was caused by heavy rain that began on 01 January,…
Heavy rain from 18 December has caused widespread flooding in the state of Sarawak in Malaysia. Flooding has also affected areas of Sabah state where at least 10 houses were…
The states of Kelantan and Terengganu in Western Malaysia have been affected by flooding over the last few days. Around 13,000 people have been evacuated to special relief camps. Local…
At least 7 people have died and over 10,000 displaced after floods swept through the northern states of Penang and Kedah in peninsular Malaysia. Torrential rain fell from 03 November,…
The challenge of providing a rapid response to environmental disasters as varied as flooding, drought, illegal logging and oil spills is the focus of two new projects in which the…
Countries bordering on the Pacific Ocean are testing their capacity to handle a major tsunami in an exercise from 15 to 17 February, held to identify possible shortcomings in the…
The National Agency for Disaster Administration (NADMA) says that over 5,000 people are still displaced after flooding in Sabah and several states in Peninsular Malaysia since 23 January, 2017. Some…
