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Why Do Flash Floods Happen in Malaysia?

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Recently, there was a menacing flood happening in Klang due to the continuous heavy rain. It happened on December 17 and it has strongly affected the operations of Klang. Many people were stuck from the way home and many of them were suffering from food shortage and damage that was brought by this disaster. Before the flash flood in Klang, a serious flood happened in Kelantan in 2014. But the flood happening in Klang shows the failure of flood prevention.  The Causes of Flash Floods Climate change is one of the causes of flash floods nowadays. As the climate gets warmer, there will be more vapors and moisture to be held in our atmosphere. It brings extreme changes in temperature and the volume of rainfall. Due to the long-term impact of climate change’s effect, when sudden heavy rainfall, especially in the monsoon season,  happens then floods happen.  Other than climate change, rapid development on urbanization is also a cause of flash floods. Urbanization has modernized ...

Domestic Abuse during The Pandemic

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Source from Internet The idea of writing this blog about domestic abuse is due to the many times I have read through the articles and news on this topic either happening in Malaysia or overseas. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, people were restricted under the Movement Control Order (MCO) and the record on domestic abuse cases from January to August in 2021 almost reached 5000 cases. Domestic abuse cases recorded included domestic violence and sexual harassment not only from physical but also online. The rising number of domestic abuse cases must be taken seriously by everyone in the society. BUT what makes the cases for domestic abuse during the pandemic rise nearly reach the number of cases happening in 2019 in just eight months? During the MCO period, most of the people were restricted to stay at home and due to the pandemic, it affected the function of the economy which caused lots of businesses to shut down and most of the employees lost their job. In my view of point, people stayed ...