Overall Green Flood alert in Malaysia from 03 Jan 2013 00:00 UTC to 10 Jan 2013 23:59 UTC

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Overall Green alert Flood

in Malaysia

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Articles after 02 Jan 2013

Philippines (the): Asia-Pacific region 1 - 7 January, 2013 - Natural disasters and other events being monitored by the OCHA regional office for the Asia-Pacific

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 12:34:00 +0100reliefWeb (en)

Source: UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs Country: Bangladesh, Fiji, India, Malaysia , Philippines (the), Samoa, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Thailand Philippines - TC Bopha (Pablo) struck the southern Philippines about 5 weeks ago. On 3 Jan, the death toll stands at 1,067 with a further 848 people reported missing.

Storm heading towards Malaysia's east coast

Mon, 07 Jan 2013 07:55:00 +0100AsiaOne (en)

KUALA LUMPUR - The authorities issued the highest level warning against coastal and off-shore activities in the South China Sea yesterday after a tropical storm was detected at 748km northeast of Dungun, Terengganu. The Meteorological Department issued a third category warning, saying the storm was....

Tropical storm heading this way

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:23:00 +0100nst (en)

FULL ALERT: National Security Council warns all to take precautions as govt agencies prepare for floods

PM: Govt will help flood victims

Sun, 06 Jan 2013 01:23:00 +0100nst (en)

GLOBAL FACTORS: Downpours were due to external factors like climate change KUANTAN: THE people should not be quick to blame the government for natural disasters, such as the recent flooding in the east coast, as they were also caused by factors beyond its control like global warming and climate change.

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