Residents of Mile 5 Bintulu-Miri section of the Pan Borneo Highway in northern Sarawak hurriedly leaving their homes during an emergency evacuation at 1am yesterday due to sudden floods. pic by SPDP office.
BINTULU: A sudden, unforeseen emergency evacuation had to be carried out at residential estates along the Mile 5 Bintulu-Miri section of the Pan Borneo highway in northern Sarawak during the wee hours of yesterday morning after flash floods brought more than a metre of water into the houses of at least 25 families living in low-lying areas.
The sudden flood scare caused 105 people from the 25 houses in the area to hurriedly leave their homes when the flood waters rushed into their houses after just a short while of heavy rain.
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