Hundreds of villagers affected by exceptionally strong storm in Sabah

Devastating loss: Many homes in Kampung Sugud and its surrounding villages were badly damaged or destroyed by the floods.

KOTA KINABALU: “I feel so lost and hopeless looking at this pile of mud which used to be my home,” lamented 65-year-old Asin Yumpoh after his house in Kampung Sugud here was damaged by floods.He said the Sept 15 storm was exceptionally strong.

“It took just five minutes for the whole lower floor of the house to be flooded,” he said when met yesterday.