Malaysia floods: More than 100,000 evacuated after country's worst monsoon floods in decades

ABC NEWS

More than 100,000 people have evacuated their homes in parts of northern Malaysia hit by the country's worst monsoon floods in decades.

Prime minister Najib Razak said extremely high levels of floodwater and bad weather have made relocating people and sending food supplies by helicopters difficult.

A total of 103,412 people have been displaced in the states of Kelantan, Terengganu, Pahang, Perak and Perlis.

North-eastern peninsular Malaysia, which is worst-affected, is regularly hit by flooding during the annual north-east monsoon, but this year's rains have been particularly bad.

On Tuesday, nearly 60 foreign tourists were among almost 100 people rescued by boat and helicopter from a resort in a Malaysian national park lashed by its highest rainfall since 1971.

The flooding comes as communities in north-western Malaysia mark the 10th anniversary of the devastating 2004 Boxing Day tsunami.