Segamat district, the earliest to be affected by floods this year, received the highest amount of rainfall in Johor based on the readings recorded by 23 rainfall stations in the district for the period of Dec 26 until yesterday (Jan 1).

According to data issued by the Johor Department of Irrigation and Drainage (DID), the reading was at 4,893mm where over the period of seven days, an average of 213mm of rainfall per day was received.

The average amount of rain received by...