Student Eyilavarasi Magesuaran recalled the moment her house was flooded in the hard-hit city of Shah Alam in Selangor early Sunday. Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said that a month's rainfall came down in one day in Selangor, adding that tens of thousands of emergency service and military personnel were deployed to aid rescue efforts. With reports of others missing, the toll is expected to climb. Seven people have been confirmed dead in Selangor, according to fire and rescue officials cited in The Star newspaper. The country's wealthiest and most populous state Selangor, surrounding the capital Kuala Lumpur, has been badly affected - which is unusual as it typically avoids the worst of the monsoon floods. The number of evacuees across the country rose to about 51,000 on Monday, according to official data, with the worst-hit area being the eastern state of Pahang, where some 32,000 were forced from their homes. A weekend of torrential rain caused rivers to overflow, flooding towns and villages and cutting off major roads, with many motorists left trapped in their vehicles for hours.
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