Floods hit west coast Sabah

Helping hands: Fire and Rescue Department personnel evacuating flood victims in Penampang.

KOTA KINABALU: A woman drowned, 10 schools were closed and dozens of roads were submerged after floods wreaked havoc on six districts in west coast Sabah.A landslip along the Kota Kinabalu-Tambunan road had also cut off links to the interior following Sunday’s floods.

As at 4pm yesterday, a total of 328 people from Penampang, Tuaran and Tamparuli had been evacuated to flood relief centres.