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

INTERACTIVE: Hotter cities, heavier storms 5/25/2026 11:05:00 PM.

PETALING JAYA: The hotter it gets, the harder it rains. In urban areas such as the Klang Valley, experts say this is increasingly the reality. They say rising temperatures, combined with rapid development and climate change, are intensifyin
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13 0 08:30 Flood-hit SJK(C) Lee Min seeks fights rising waters, and ti.. 5/25/2026 12:35:00 AM.

The school has raised RM13.5 million, but says federal and state support is needed to bridge the RM30 million cost of moving to safer ground. Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/05/25/flood-hit-sjkc-lee-min-see
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Building collapse in Angeles City: Rescuers search for 20 missing 5/24/2026 10:39:00 PM.

Bureau of Fire protection (BFP) rescuers move a stretcher with the dead body of a Malaysian man killed in a collapsed building in Angeles City, Pampanga province, north of Manila on May 24, 2026. Rescuers clawed through the wreckage of a co
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20 missing after building collapses in Philippines 5/24/2026 5:00:00 PM.

ANGELES CITY: Rescuers were racing on Sunday to free two workers pinned under a building that collapsed in the northern Philippines, killing a Malaysian man and leaving 20 people missing. The search for survivors continued as night fell, wi
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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),