Floods: 10,000 people affected in Pitas


KOTA KINABALU: Some 10,000 residents are estimated to be affected by floods in the rural Pitas district as of 9pm on Friday (Jan 17).

Pitas district disaster management committee chairman Asdi @ Mohd Faizal Hussin said that villagers in the Bengkoka and Pitas state constituencies were trapped due to rising water.

Four temporary relocation centres were activated in the district to house flood evacuees, he added in a statement here.

“As of 9pm too, the Kota Marudu and Pitas Drainage and Irrigation Department recorded the water level at Sungai Kabatasan (4.57m) and Sungai Bengkoka (2.69m) over the danger limit.

“The four shelters are at Dewan Kusilad activated at 9pm which is still taking registration; Dewan SK Pekan II with 38 household heads; SK Salimpodon Darat with 21 household heads; and Kampung Lugu Hall which is an ad-hoc shelter with 21 household heads,” he added.

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