Challenges of Urban Flooding in Malaysia
[MUSIC PLAYING] TEJ KUMAR KARKI: Hello, my name is Tej Karki. I'm a visiting scholar in the MIT-UTM Malaysian Sustainable Cities Program. I welcome viewers to watch this video about the challenges of urban flooding in Malaysia. Floods are the third most destructive disaster in the world, after storms and earthquakes. In Malaysia, floods account for 90% of natural disasters. The average annual costs of flood damage are over $100 million US. In this video, I will show how residents and local authorities dealt with floods in Kota Tinggi town in southern Malaysia, and what the global community can learn from this experience. The key message is that this video provides is that the residents and local authorities should not only strengthen their ability to deal with flood disasters, but also communicate with each other and take joint action. From December 2006 to January 2007, huge floods that would normally be expected to occur every 50 years, occurred twice in Kota Tinggi...