More than 122,000 people have been forced out of their homes as massive floods caused by relentless rains swept through Malaysia’s northern states, disaster officials said on Saturday.
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The number surpassed the 118,000 displaced during the country’s worst floods in 2014, and disaster officials feared it could rise further as there was no let-up in torrential downpours.
The death toll remained at four, across the states of Kelantan, Terengganu and Sarawak.
Kelantan state bore the brunt of the flooding, accounting for 63 per cent of the 122,631 people displaced, according to data from the National Disaster Management Agency.
There were nearly 35,000 people evacuated in Terengganu, with the rest of the displacements reported from seven other states.
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Heavy rains, which began early this week, continued to hammer Pasir Puteh town in Kelantan, where people could be seen walking through streets inundated with hip-deep waters.
“My area has been flooded since Wednesday. The water has already reached my house corridor and is just two inches away from coming inside,” said Zamrah Majid, 59, a Pasir Puteh resident and school janitor.