Overall Green alert Flood
in Malaysia

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

GDACS ID FL 1103247
Death: 0
Displaced: 68
Countries: Malaysia
From - To 01 May - 03 May

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Malaysia - Floods (ECHO 10 May 2025)Mon, 05 May 2025 10:53

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting eastern Malaysia, the Malaysian part of Borneo Island since 1 May, causing floods that have resulted in population evacuations and damage.
  • The ASEAN Disaster Information Network (ADINet) reports, as of 5 May, a total of nearly 1,650 evacuated people. In detail, 1,627 people were evacuated across five evacuation centres in the Keningau district and the Beaufort district, both in the Sabah state, and 16 people were evacuated in one evacuation centre in the Cameron Highlands district in the neighbouring Pahang state. 
  • Over the next 72 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over most of eastern Malaysia.
Sabah State, Malaysia, Early May 2025Disaster authorities in Malaysia reported evacuations following flooding in areas of Sabah State in early May 2025.Fri 2 May 2025Provided by Copernicus EMS GloFAS
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For this events, GDACS has links to information from the following sources: EC-JRC (37), (2), NASA (4), WMO (1), INFORM (2),