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| Historical Flood Events Recorded in Sarawak From 1946-2007 | ||||
| Events | Affected Flood Areas | Flood Height * | ||
Feb. 1946 |
Sg. Sarawak |
Up to 6 feet | ||
Jun. 1949 |
Btg. Baram |
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Apr. 1949 |
Sibu |
4 persons died | ||
Jan. 1953 |
Sg. Sarawak, Btg. Samarahan, Kuching (worst flood since 1939) |
2-12 feet | 4 shophouses & 13 houses swept away | |
Dec. 1954 |
Lower Btg. Rajang |
2-3 feet | ||
Feb. 1955 |
Btg. Rajang, Daro District |
5-6 feet | ||
Oct. 1955 |
Kapit, Sibu |
5 feet | ||
Dec. 1956 |
Limbang Division |
Shophouses in Lawas under 4 feet of water | Custom's wharf swept | |
Feb. 1957 |
Sg. Sarawak and Btg. Sadong, Simunjan |
2-5 feet; Simunjan Bazaar under 2 feet of water | ||
Jan. 1958 |
Sg. Sarawak, Btg. Sadong, Matu, Mukah, Dalat and Btg. Kemena |
5-7 feet | ||
May. 1959 |
Sri Aman District (Ulu Paku) |
10 feet | ||
Jul. 1959 |
Upper Btg. Rajang |
Kapit town partially submerged | ||
Mar. 1961 |
Upper Btg. Rajang, Sibu |
Kanowit shophouses under 2-3 feet of water | ||
Jan. 1962 |
Sg. Sarawak |
20 feet | ||
May. 1962 |
Btg. Baram |
Long Lama under 4 feet of water | ||
Jan-Feb. 1963 |
Whole State affected |
20 feet | Worse event in Sarawak history | |
Feb. 1964 |
Sg. Sarawak |
6 feet | ||
Jan. 1965 |
Sg. Limbang |
Flood level even passed the 1963 flood marks | severely hit by flood | |
May. 1965 |
Belaga-Sibu |
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Feb. 1966 |
Bekenu, Lundu, Kuching |
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Jan. 1967 |
Sg. Sarawak, Matu, Dalat, Tatau District, Btg. Kemena, Bekenu, Miri and Btg. Baram |
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Jan. 1968 |
Btg. Sadong, Sg. Sarawak, Kuching, Julau District |
3-10 feet | ||
Nov. 1968 |
Engkilili, Btg. Rajang, Kapit-Kanowit, Sibu |
3-6 feet | Sibu hit severely since 1963 | |
Sept. 1969 |
Sibu Town |
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Dec. 1969 |
Btg. Sadong, Sg. Sarawak |
5 feet | ||
Jan. 1970 |
Sg. Sarawak, Lundu |
4 feet | Lundu/Serayan road washed away | |
Jan. 1971 |
Sg. Sarawak, Kuching |
8 feet | ||
Feb. 1971 |
Sibu Town, Mukah |
10 feet | 6 Kpgs & 2 bazaars in Mukah District under 10 ft of water | |
Aug. 1971 |
Sibu, Kapit |
Some part of Sibu Town under 5 feet of water | ||
Nov. 1971 |
Kuching Town |
3 feet | ||
Jan. 1972 |
Bekenu, Matu District, Kuching, Sibu Town |
7 feet | ||
Oct. 1973 |
Btg. Baram, Tinjar, Tutoh |
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Jan. 1974 |
Sg. Sarawak, Btg. Sadong, Btg. Baram, Lawas |
5 feet; Lawas Air Field was under 6 feet of water | ||
Mar. 1974 |
Marudi |
3 feet at Marudi Wharf | ||
Dec. 1975 |
Kuching Town |
Flash flood | ||
Dec. 1975 |
Sg. Sarawak |
Kuching Bau road cut off by flood | ||
Jan. 1976 |
Sg. Sarawak, Btg. Sadong, Nonok Sub-District |
Siniawan Bazaar 8 feet; Batu Kawa Bazaar 3 feet | 2,544 people evacuated, 5 houses in Tebakang were swept away | |
Feb. 1977 |
1) Limbang & Lawas Districts |
5 people drowned & 16 houses swept away in Lawas | ||
2) Btg. Sadong |
2,174 people in Serian District were evacuated | |||
3) Kuching Town |
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Jan. 1978 |
Kuching Town |
Some shophouses in Kuching Town was under 1 foot of water | High tides coincide with heavy rain | |
Jan. 1980 |
Kuching Town |
1-3 feet | The worst flood hit Kuching town since 1963 | |
Jan. 1981 |
1) Miri, Bekenu, Niah, Btg. Baram |
3-12 feet; 2 feet in Marudi | Miri Division severly hit | |
2) Tatau, Sangan |
5-15 feet | |||
Jan. 1982 |
1) Sadong, Samarahan |
3-6 feet | about RM12M of crops damaged | |
Jun. 1982 |
1) Upper Rajang |
1-18 feet | worst hit by flood, 20 longhouses submerge. About 1000 people evacuated | |
Jan. 1983 |
1) Lundu, Sg. Sarawak, Samarahan and Sadong |
3-7 feet | ||
2) Pantu |
4 feet | |||
Sept. 1983 |
Upper Btg. Rajang |
3-10 feet at Kapit | ||
Dec. 1983 |
Sibu Town |
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Jan. 1984 |
1) Ng. Lubau, Ng. Tiga of Sri Aman Division |
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Dec. 1983- |
2) Sibu Town-Kanowit |
5 feet at Upper Lanang Road, Sibu | ||
Jan. 1984 |
Song |
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Jan. 1985 |
Sg. Sarawak, Kuching Town |
Flash flood | ||
Dec. 1985 |
Btg. Tatau & Btg. Kemena |
3-6 feet | ||
May. 1985 |
Lawas, Trusan and Lutong |
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Jan. 1986 |
Lundu, Btg. Sadong |
7 feet | Tebakang Bazaar under 1 ft of water | |
Mar. 1986 |
Kuching Town |
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Dec. 1987 |
Btg. Kayan, Sg. Sarawak |
4 feet | ||
Nov. 1987 |
Btg. Tatau & Btg. Kemena |
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Dec. 1987 |
Btg. Tatau & Btg. Kemena |
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Jan. 1988 |
Sibu Town |
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Aug. 1988 |
Kanowit, Balingian areas |
2-5 feet | ||
End Aug. 1988 |
Kapit, Sibu |
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Dec. 1988 |
1) Btg. Baram, Tatau, Kemena |
1-16 feet | ||
2) Matu Bazaar |
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Jan. 1989 |
1) Matu, Julau District |
2-8 feet | ||
2) Ulu Btg. Saribas |
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Feb. 1989 |
Kuching Town |
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Jan. 1992 |
Sg. Sarawak, Lundu areas, Sadong & Samarahan |
6 feet | ||
Dec. 1993 |
Kuching, Lundu, Sibu Town, Selangau, Dalat, Mukah, Matu/Julau & Limbang |
1-8 feet | wide spread flood hit the coastal areas of sarawak | |
Feb. 1994 |
Belaga, Kapit, etc |
10 feet of water, malay kpg, Belaga | severe flooding at upper Btg. Rajang | |
Mar. 1994 |
Kuching Town |
1-2 feet | Flash flood hit Kuching Town only | |
Feb. 1995 |
Sg. Sarawak and Kuching Town |
5 feet of water above Batu Kitang shophouses | ||
Feb. 1996 |
1) Coastal area of Kuching Division |
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2) Btg. Sadong |
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3) Lower Rajang, Lower Baram and Lower Limbang |
0.10m-1.8m with duration from few hrs to 3 weeks | |||
4) Lower Kemena Basin |
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5) Matu, Baliangian Areas |
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Flood Events: 1946-1996 | 1997-2002 | 2003-2007
| NOTE: * Flood heights shown were for some low lying localities in the affected areas and not for the WHOLE region/areas/towns and did not indicated that the area affected were flood prone. Flooding could be due to a variety of causes and circumstances or combination of factors which aggravated the situation. The records are not necessarily complete. |