Nearly 30,000 people have been evacuated in what is seen as the heaviest rainfall in a century.

According to the Drainage and Irrigation Department records, this phenomenon of heavy rains which hit central Johor directly only occurs once every 100 years, where the monsoon rain comes from the north-east instead of the east. The state's rainfall reading recorded a 35cm or 350mm average measurement in just a single day. The total average of Johor's annual rainfall is usually around 240cm.

IN THE NEWS:
- Two km stretch of the North-South Highway between Jasin Malacca and Tangkak Johor has been closed due to flood.

- Proving the theory of Rayleigh Wave, a pet cat’s odd behaviour, scratched, meowed and run in and out of the house several times, saved the lives of five family members in the nick of time. The family took that as a message that they should follow the cat outside.

- The KTM train services between Singapore and Johor was disrupted by landslides which occurred at Km630 of the Labis-Bekok route, Km754 of the Xingshan-Kempas route and Km769 of the Bukit Timah-CIQ Woodlands (Singapore) route.

- Puteri Pacific Hotel is offering free stay for up to three nights with meals to families forced to abandon their homes because of the floods. Flood victims must provide identification and they may call 07-2199999 for details.

NOTE: State flood operations room:- 07-2254454.