2,700 evacuated due to floods


Picking up the pieces: Flood victims Rosli Taib and wife Ramlah Kassim looking through their belongings taken from their home in Kampong Belimbing, following flash floods on Sunday morning.

KUCHING: Over 2,000 people have been evacuated as heavy rain brought floods to parts of Kuching and Bau districts.

As of 2pm yesterday, the number of eva­cuees had risen to 2,679, compared to 765 on Monday night.

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