Overall Green Flood
in Malaysia

Event summary

Flood can have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude, exposed population and vulnerability.

GDACS ID FL 1103884
Death: 0
Displaced: 677
Countries: Malaysia
From - To 16 May - 22 May

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Malaysia - Floods (ECHO 23 May 2026)Mon, 18 May 2026 09:59

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting Peninsular Malaysia (particularly the Johor and Kedah states) over the past 48 hours, causing floods that have resulted in population displacement and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 18 May, 359 evacuated people, of whom 312 evacuated people are in two evacuation centres across the Pontian district (Johor state) and 47 evacuated people are in one evacuation centre in the Kuala Muda district (Kedah state).
  • Over the next 24 hours, more rainfall with locally heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole of Peninsular Malaysia.
Sabah State, Malaysia, Mid- to Late May 2026Disaster authorities in Malaysia reported evacuations following flooding in Sabah State in mid- to late May 2026.Fri 22 May 2026Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
Detailed event map. European Union, 2026. Map produced by EC-JRC.
The boundaries and the names shown on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the European Union.

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Latest media headlines

JBPM Monitors Rising Water Levels At Shopping Mall In Putrajaya 5/23/2026 12:35:00 PM.

PUTRAJAYA, May 23 (Bernama) -- The Federal Territory of Putrajaya Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) has mobilised its personnel to monitor rising water levels at a shopping mall here following continuous heavy rain today. Putrajaya JBPM Fir
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Flash floods hit several areas in Putrajaya 5/23/2026 12:23:00 PM.

The Putrajaya fire and rescue department said it deployed teams to monitor the situation, including the area around Alamanda Mall. (JBPM pics) Putrajaya fire and rescue department operations assistant director Haziq Hazmi said the fire sta
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Police: Nearly two million vehicles expected to flood Penang during lo.. 5/22/2026 12:57:00 AM.

GEORGE TOWN, May 22 — Penang is expected to see approximately 1.9 million vehicles enter and pass through the state during the back-to-back public holidays from May 27 to June 2. Penang police chief Datuk Azizee Ismail said this will prompt
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Flood cover take-up in Sabah, Sarawak lags national average 5/21/2026 6:12:00 AM.

KUCHING: The take-up of motor and fire insurance remains lower in Sabah and Sarawak than the national average, particularly for flood cover, according to the General Insurance Association of Malaysia (PIAM). Its chief executive officer, Chu
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (36), NASA (3), WMO (1), INFORM (2), (1),