Flood evacuees in Sabah drop to 2,655 on March 12


KOTA KINABALU: The number of flood victims in Sabah has dropped to 2,655 people from 916 families as of 8am Wednesday (March 12), compared to 3,114 people from 1,488 families on Tuesday.

The State Disaster Management Committee secretariat said in a statement that improving flood conditions in several affected areas have allowed evacuees to return home.

"Beaufort still has 1,719 evacuees from 556 families at seven temporary relief centres, Membakut (422 victims from 50 families at five centres) and Tenom (514 victims from 210 families at nine centres).

"A total of 36 villages remain affected by the floods, 16 of which are in Tenom and 10 each in Beaufort and Membakut," the statement read. - Bernama

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