Table 5 History of floods and landslides in Malaysia
From: Large-scale energy storage system: safety and risk assessment
No | Location | Year | Event | Extent of damage | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kuala Lumpur | APR & DEC 2002 | Flash flood | N/A | Buslima & Jamaluddin, 2018) |
2 | Kedah, Penang, Perak | OCT 2003 | Flood | N/A | Buslima & Jamaluddin, 2018) |
3 | Taman Bukit Mewah, Kuala Lumpur | DEC 2008 | Landslide | N/A | Reliefweb 2008) |
4 | Kedah, Perlis | NOV 2010 | Flood | 4 deaths | Buslima & Jamaluddin, 2018) |
45,000 hectares of paddy fields destroyed | |||||
50 000 evacuated | |||||
5 | Most states in Peninsular Malaysia | DEC 2014 JAN 2015 | Flood | 21 deaths 200 000 people affected RM1 bil damage | Buslima & Jamaluddin, 2018) |
6 | Selangor, Kuala Lumpur | DEC 2016 | Flash floods | N/A | BERNAMA & “BERNAMA - Malaysian National News Agency”, 2022a) |
7 | Tambun, Perak | NOV 2020 | Landslide | 2 deaths | European Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid Operations, 2020a) |
8 | Kuala Muda, Kedah | MAR 2020 | Landslide | 2 deaths | European Civil Protection & Humanitarian Aid Operations, 2020b) |
9 | Gombak & Sungai Buloh,Selangor | SEPT 2021 | Landslide | N/A | Disaster Information Network & “Malaysia, Flooding & Landslide in SelangorandSabah”, 2021) |
10 | Selangor, Kuala Lumpur | DEC 2021 | Floods, | 54 deaths | BERNAMA & “BERNAMA - Malaysian National News Agency”, 2022a) |
JAN 2022 | Flash floods | RM6.5bil damage | BERNAMA & “BERNAMA - Malaysian National News Agency”, 2022b) | ||
11 | Hulu Langat, Selangor | MAR 2022 | Landslide, triggered by heavy rain | 4 deaths, 1 missing 15 houses damaged | European Civil Protection And Humanitarian Aid Operations 2022) |