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But the numbers have fallen considerably from a peak of around 70,000 in mid-December, when Malaysia saw its worst floods for years.<\/p>\n
About 50 people have been killed so far in the floods nationwide, according to police.<\/p>\n
Flooding and landslides are common in both Southeast Asian countries during the months-long rainy season.<\/p>\n
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About 24,000 people have been evacuated and two children killed in floods on Indonesia’s Sumatra island, officials said Tuesday, with environmental campaigners blaming deforestation for worsening the disaster. Torrential rains have hammered the island for days, causing rivers to burst their banks and sending water levels surging in residential areas, the national disaster agency said. “We experience flooding at least five to eight times a year — but (this) is one of the most severe,” said Muzakkir, from Pirak Timur in hard-hit Aceh province, who like many Indonesians goes by one name. Syarifuddin, from the village of Lhok Sukon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":36978,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70,544,562],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","category-yeswecantv-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
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