Severe flooding has killed 18 people and left at least 180,000 displaced in Malaysia and Thailand. In Malaysia, rescue teams were struggling to reach inundated areas in the northeast as victims accused the government of being slow to provide aid and assistance after the country’s worst flooding in decades.
The massive flooding, caused by torrential northeast monsoon rains, has so far left five people dead. Neighbouring Thailand’s disaster prevention and mitigation department declared disaster zones in eight of its southern provinces after floods killed at least 13 people. More than 184,000 households have been affected by the floods and nearly 8,000 displaced.
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