In Australia and Malaysia, heavy downpours have caused the worst flooding in 50 years, there are casualties, and residents are being evacuated. At the end of February alone, floods in Australia killed more than 200 people.
With the arrival of March the rains have intensified across New South Wales. In Sydney alone, two months’ worth of precipitation fell in the last four days. According to the Australian Bureau of Meteorology, the heaviest amount of moisture fell on Mittagong in the Southern Highlands, where 232 mm of rain fell in 24 hours on March 8. According to the Emergency Management Service, the total death toll due to flooding in the state has reached 7 people. Evacuation orders are currently in effect, affecting a total of approximately 60,000 people.
Heavy rain continues in the southwestern provinces of Malaysia. For example, in the capital of the country, Kuala Lumpur, from the beginning of March, from the beginning of March, from 11 to 57 mm of precipitation falls daily, and in just the first week of spring, about 190 mm of heavenly moisture has already fallen, which is more than 70% of the monthly norm in March. The main cause of flash floods is considered to be overflowing storm drains, as drainage systems could not cope with the huge volume of water, including due to the numerous garbage washed onto the roads. Hundreds of cars were submerged in parking lots, tunnels and low-lying areas on roads.
Last March in Australia, heavy rainfall caused the worst flooding in 50 years. At least 18,000 people were forced to flee their homes. In the winter of that year, for the first time in 40 years, due to continued heavy rains, several parts of Malaysia actually went under water.
