Flooding caused overall losses of RM6.1bil last year, says Stats Dept


KUALA LUMPUR: Climate changes has caused the pattern of natural disasters to change and caused erratic flooding late last year and early this year which cost the country overall losses of RM6.1bil, says Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Uzir Mahidin.

In a statement on Thursday (Nov 24) on the Statistics Department (DOSM)'s Conpendium of Enviornment Statistics 2022, he said the loss was equivalent 0.4 percent of the national Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at nominal price.

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