1971 Kuala Lumpur floods

Flash flood disaster in Malaysia December 2014 August 2020 The 1971 Kuala Lumpur floods was a major flash flood disaster in Malaysia that occurred in January 1971. The flooding was the result of heavy monsoon rains,https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9Y4SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4490,3063588&dq= https://archive.today/20120525140906/http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=9Y4SAAAAIBAJ&sjid=JfcDAAAAIBAJ&pg=4490,3063588&dq= dead 25 May 2012 Monsoon rains flood Malaysia, toll heavy 4 January 1971 The Bulletin 17 June 2009 which swelled the Klang, Batu, and Gombak rivers.Jansen Robert B. Advanced dam engineering for design, construction, and rehabilitation Springer 1988 517 0-442-24397-9 https://books.google.com/books?id=Mi5w01UByyoC&pg=PA517 32 people were killed and 180,000 people were affected.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RLsTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iJADAAAAIBAJ&pg=4906,1654697&dq= Need to manage our water better Fernandez C. 7 December 1988 New Straits Times 17 June 2009https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=VFEVAAAAIBAJ&sjid=beUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5513,1908878&dq= Kuala Lumpur 7 January 1971 The Sydney Morning Herald 17 June 2009May 2022 InternetArchiveBot yes The Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak declared a state of national disaster in Western Malaysia. The floods were the worst in the country since 1926.https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=grgTAAAAIBAJ&sjid=S5ADAAAAIBAJ&pg=6621,3147763&dq= Floods wreak havoc, but Man's to blame 13 September 1988 New Straits Times 17 June 2009 As a result of the flooding, the Kuala Lumpur Flood Mitigation Programme was set up. References Further reading Chronicles of Malaysia (1957-2007) 1971 Kuala Category:1970s in Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Floods, 1971 Category:20th-century floods in Asia Category:1970s floods Category:1971 natural disasters Kuala Lumpur floods