Carian mengenai topik heavy downpours

Kedah is the latest state to be hit by floods with Karangan sub-district near Kulim being affected after two hours of heavy downpours since 2 pm today.

More heavy downpours are expected to fall over the next three days in Australia's east.

29 people from nine families affected by flash floods in Alor Gajah have been placed at two flood relief shelters after heavy downpours.

The heavy downpours that lasted over 24 hours that began late Friday (Dec 17) night was equal to the average rainfall for a month, which is a one in 100-year weather event.

Heavy downpours led to flash floods in Aceh Tenggara and Aceh Barat districts, according to Sutopo Purwo Nugroho, spokesperson of the Indonesian National Board of Disaster Managerment (BNPB).

Heavy downpours were blamed for the disaster in Bulurejo village of Karanganyar district, Risky A, senior official at the provincial disaster management agency said.

The flashfloods occurred at about 1am Jakarta time in several areas at Garut district as water in two rivers overflowed due to heavy downpours.

Sabah Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman has instructed all relevant agencies to be on the alert for possible floods following heavy downpours which continued to persist in Sabah.

Civil defense officials say the death toll in the floods and mudslides caused by heavy downpours in Espirito Santo, Brazil has risen to 17.