Three dead and more than 90,000 displaced amid flooding in Malaysia

Floods are common in parts of Malaysia during the annual monsoon season (Loo Kok Chong/AP)

Malaysia is preparing for its worst floods in a decade after heavier-than-expected monsoon rains caused severe flooding that killed three people and displaced more than 90,000.

Some 94,778 people, from more than 28,000 families, across nine states have been evacuated to 527 temporary shelters, according to the National Disaster Command Centre online portal.