About 12,000 people in Malaysia have been evacuated from their homes, officials said on Sunday, after heavy rains caused flooding in the country’s northern states. The tropical Southeast Asian nation was hit by bouts of bad weather over the weekend, as continuous rain swamped towns on the peninsula’s east coast. Malaysia often sees stormy weather at this time of year, with seasonal flooding regularly causing mass evacuations. Official data showed 11,831 people housed in flood relief centres in the northern states of Kelantan and Terengganu as of 4.30pm local time (3.30pm in Thailand) on Sunday…