Padas River breaches danger level, 64 evacuated in Beaufort


KOTA KINABALU: A total of 64 people from Kampung Suasa in Beaufort, about 90km South of Kota Kinabalu, were evacuated to the Selagon Permanent Evacuation Centre after the Padas River rose above the danger level following continuous rainfall.

The evacuees, comprising 20 heads of households, were relocated after the river level exceeded the danger mark of 8.7m.

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