Chief Statistician Uzir Mahidin, in a statement, said Sarawak recorded the highest number of flood incidents with 242, followed by Kedah, with 108, while Terengganu and Selangor each had 107 incidents.

“The number of victims affected by disasters, namely floods, storms, landslides and fires (in 2022) decreased to 192,707 people compared to 208,643 in 2021.

“The number of temporary evacuation centres also decreased to 1,498 compared to 1,778 in the previous year,” he said.

Uzir said Malaysia experienced the effects of La Nina in 2022, among which was humid weather that directly impacted the environment, with annual rainfall at 22 stations showing an increase of between 26mm and 1,749.4mm.

The effects of La Nina also resulted in an increase in lightning strike days. The highest was recorded by the KLIA station in Sepang with 340 days, followed by the Subang station (307 days) and Melaka station (273 days).

Uzir said the rainy weather also caused the breeding of Aedes mosquitoes to increase, resulting in a significant rise in dengue fever cases by 150.9% to 65,987 cases in 2022 compared to 26,301 cases in 2021.

Selangor recorded the highest number of dengue cases with 37,502 in 2022, compared with 15,712 cases in the previous year, followed by Sabah (7,092 cases) and Kuala Lumpur, including Putrajaya (6,714 cases).