Rescue workers in Malaysia free people trapped by flooding

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Rescue teams connected Monday worked to escaped radical trapped by Malaysia’s worst flooding successful years aft dense rains stopped pursuing much than 3 days of torrential downpours successful the superior and astir the country. At slightest 3 radical were reported to person died arsenic a effect of the flooding.

At slightest 10,000 radical were trapped by floods implicit the play and Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said rains had dumped much h2o connected the superior and surrounding Selangor authorities than the monthly mean for this clip of the year, which is marked by monsoons and bedewed weather.

The magnitude of rainfall that fell successful Selangor connected Saturday “would usually autumn successful 1 month,” helium said astatine a quality league connected Sunday.

The country astir the superior saw much than 10,000 radical evacuated from flooded homes. Many radical were besides trapped successful cars on flooded highways aft rivers burst their banks.

Tens of thousands of rescue unit were deployed successful Selangor and different parts of the state to woody with the aftermath of the terrible weather.