Floods worsen in Sabah, Melaka recovers
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 418 people from 121 families have been evacuated due to flooding in Beaufort on Friday morning, and Membakut was the next district to be inundated yesterday.
The Sabah Disaster Management Committee Secretariat, in a statement yesterday, said 374 people from 106 families were evacuated to a relief centre at Dewan Selagon.
Another 44 victims from 15 families were relocated to Dewan Datuk Sri Panglima Mohd Dun Banir.
“Ten villages in Beaufort have been affected by the floods.”
The floods also struck Membakut yesterday morning, prompting the opening of a shelter at Dewan Kesenian Islam Membakut.
In Melaka, floods that began on Thursday showed signs of full recovery yesterday.
Melaka Civil Defence Force director Lieutenant-Colonel (PA) Kamarulsyah Muslim said nine evacuees from three families were at relief centres statewide, down from 32 people from 11 families on Friday night.
He said remaining evacuees were housed at SK Parit Penghulu in Sungai Rambai, Jasin.
Another relief centre at SMK Dato’ Abdul Rahman Ya’kub in Merlimau, which houses 25 people from eight families, was closed at 10.40pm on Friday.
Earlier, 37 areas in Melaka Tengah and Jasin were affected by flooding after heavy overnight rain from 11pm on Wednesday.