The video shows cars and houses submerged in water and people wading through waist-deep water.
The flooding, which began earlier in the week, is mainly concentrated in the northeastern state of Kelantan, which borders Thailand.
The National Disaster Management Agency reports that evacuees make up 63% of the total.
So far, the number of displaced people exceeds the number of 2014, when one of the worst floods in the country occurred.
The Disaster Management Agency has established 679 shelters for victims.
Terengganu, Kedah, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis, Selangor, Johor, Malacca and Perak were also affected.
Disaster relief provisions have been sent to the state governments of Terengganu and Kelantan, according to the Prime Minister’s Office.
On Friday, he banned his cabinet members from going on vacation so they could focus on the disaster.
In neighboring Thailand, six provinces have declared a natural disaster, with flooding affecting more than 240,000 households, according to the Interior Ministry.
The army was called in to rescue people in need.
Malaysia’s monsoon season begins in November, and flooding is not uncommon.
In 2021 it faced the worst floods in decades, which killed at least 14 people.
