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A view of shop-lots and vehicles submerged in flood waters in Shah Alam, Selangor state, Malaysia, December 19, 2021. Picture taken with a drone. REUTERS/Ebrahim Harris NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES

Shops and vehicles submerged in Shah Alam, Selangor, in December. Dealing with frequent floods calls for urgent attention.

PHOTO: REUTERS

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- As at Dec 21, about 70,000 people have been displaced in Malaysia’s now customary year-end floods, with five dead.

Tragic as it may be, it is trumped by the

Dec 16 landslide

near Genting Highlands, which has claimed 31 lives with seven still missing.

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