RM7.9bil lost to floods between 2021 and 2023


Huddled masses: 900,000 victims were displaced due to natural disasters between 2017 and 2023.

FLOODS have caused massive losses amounting to RM7.9bil between 2021 and last year, Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi told the Dewan Rakyat.

The Deputy Prime Minister said according to the Statistics Department, the highest amount of losses were recorded in 2021, totalling RM6.1bil.

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