Massive floods caused by heavy rains in Malaysia have forced more than 122,000 people to leave their homes across the country.
According to disaster officials, three people were also killed.
There are fears this number could increase as heavy rain and storm warnings remain in place.
Thousands of emergency services workers were deployed to help rescue stranded people and provide shelter.
Video showed cars and houses submerged in water, and people wading through waist-deep water.
Flooding began at the beginning of the week, mainly concentrated in the northeastern state of Kelantan, bordering Thailand.
There, the National Disaster Management Authority said the number of evacuees accounted for 63% of the total.
So far, the number of people displaced has exceeded that of 2014, the year that saw one of the worst floods in the country.
The disaster agency has set up 679 emergency shelters for those affected.
Also affected are Terengganu, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis, Selangr, Johor, Melaka and Perak.
The Prime Minister’s Office said disaster management provisions have been sent to the Terengganu and Kelantan State Governments.
On Friday, he banned his cabinet members from taking leave so they could focus on the disaster.
In neighboring Thailand, six provinces have declared disasters and floods are affecting more than 240,000 households, according to the Ministry of Interior.
The army was deployed to rescue those in distress.
Malaysia’s monsoon season begins in November and floods are not uncommon.
In 2021, it faced some of its worse floods in decades, killing at least 14 people.
