Shah Alam: The Malaysian government caught fire on Monday when residents accused response to being too slow after the worst flood in the years.
Heavy rain day caused the river overflowing last week, the city of Berawa, forced tens of thousands of people to escape from their homes.
Damaged equipment and soaked furniture were stacked on the streets and outside the house in a flood-hit area when residents and volunteers continued a massive cleaning drive.
Many are frustrated with the authorities.
“I am angry.
There is no help from the government.
We need cash to rebuild our lives,” said Asniyati Ismail, who lived in a housing bag in Shah Alam, the capital of the Selangor state.
“There is mud everywhere, everything has been destroyed,” he told AFP when his two children helped him clean.
The remaining trash mound in the area after the flood also triggered fear of the disease outbreak.
Selangor, who surrounded the capital of Malaysia Kuala Lumpur, was a strawned country by flooding.
Many in Shah Alam were left stranded in their homes with almost all foods for days, before being evacuated on board in a chaotic rescue operation.
“The government has been really slow in the rescue mission,” said Resident Kartik Rao told AFP.
“And now they are slow in cleaning operations.
Even after seven days, garbage in this environment has not been cleaned.” Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has recognized “weaknesses” in a flood response, but has promised an increase in the future.
Malaysia was hit by a flood every year during the rainy season, from November to February, but the one this month was the worst since 2014.
They have gone at least 48 dead and five missing in Malaysia, officials said.
Global warming has been associated with deteriorating floods.
Because the warmer atmosphere has more water, climate change increases the risks and intensity of flooding from extreme rainfall.
Kawitha Maratha, 39, and four of her children were saved by the boat after the flood water rose quickly to the second floor of their house in Shah Alam.
Her husband died.
“Floods have destroyed our lives,” he said.
Malaysia government under slow cleaning after flooding
