Kuala Lampur, Dec. 1 -- The northeast monsoon season has brought about massive floods, damaging the environment and properties as well as imposing hardships on people who found themselves trapped in submerged dwellings, roads and elsewhere.

Most affected by the floods were people residing in Kelantan, Perlis, Perak, Selangor, Kedah, Terengganu, Penang, and Pahang. There were already reports of a few deaths arising from the flooding.

It's bad enough to fall victim to floods in one's own country, but it's a lot more harrowing to be hit by floods in a foreign land.

A total of 6,222 Malaysians, mostly holiday-makers, were stranded in Hat Yai after floods struck this city in southern Thailand.

Among them were young children, pregnant women...