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The Great Flood of 1926 refers to a major flood that had occurred throughout British Malaya between 27 December 1926 and early January 1927. Regarded by contemporaries as one of the most destructive floods in Malayan history, the floods of 1926 broke several rainfall records of the region, killing 24. Despite affecting Klang Valley directly, areas as far as Pahang were impacted economically. Uninflated costs of damages were estimated to be $12,000 Straits dollars in Klang. It provoked numerous changes by the British colonial government on flood managements in British Malaya.[1]