Showing posts with label floods in KL. Show all posts
Showing posts with label floods in KL. Show all posts

Monday, 13 March 2017

Floods in Kuala Lumpur, F.M.S.

Annual Floods 1900-1936

Floods in the F.M.S.
- Kuala Lumpur and Ipoh inundated
- Ipoh shops and offices flooded
- impassable: Beech Street, Treacher Street, Hale Street,
  People's Park, the markets
- KL flooded again, river rising.
TST 30Nov1925 p9

Kuala Lumpur Floods
- delay in undertaking flood prevention measure
- Govt tighten expenditure as rubber and tin markets fall
- fears of official apathy
TST 4July1928 p11

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