Flash floods wreak havoc in three Sabah districts


  • Nation
  • Tuesday, 29 Aug 2017

Brought to safety: Firemen evacuating some of the flood victims in Sipitang in the interior of Sabah.

KOTA KINABALU: More than 70 people were evacuated and traffic came to a standstill when a section of the busy Kota Kinabalu-Sandakan trunk road collapsed after flash floods hit three districts.

About 50 people from 10 families from Kampung Entelibon in Tongod district hastily left their homes at about midnight on Sunday following the flooding of Sungai Melian.

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