Falling boulders, foaming rivers panic villagers


Restless: Kampung Kiau residents looking at Mount Kinabalu. Panic gripped the villagers living around the foothills of the mountain when boulders and rocks began rolling down close to their homes. — Bernama

KOTA KINABALU: Panic gripped villagers living around the foothills of Mount Kinabalu when boulders and rocks began rolling down close to their homes.

Some said they were preparing to evacuate as rivers flowing from the mountain began to foam up.

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