Malaysia Day celebrations in Sabah cancelled due to weather and floods

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Sabah has called off the state-level Malaysia Day celebrations at Padang Merdeka on Tuesday (Sept 16) in view of the widespread crisis brought about by continuous rain affecting at least seven districts.  Read more at https://tinyurl.com/2ttvh3e5  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00The Sabah State-Level Malaysia Day celebrations at Padang Merdeka in Kota Kinabalu on Tuesday

00:10has been called off.

00:12Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Haji Noor said in a statement on Monday

00:17that the government had made decision in view of the widespread crisis

00:21brought about by continuous rain affecting at least seven districts.

00:26Hajiji said the government's immediate priority is to manage the crisis,

00:30coordinate recovery efforts, and carry out rescue operations to save communities.

00:36He said he had instructed the State Disaster Management Committee

00:39to remain on full alert and be prepared for prompt action.

00:43The National Disaster Management Agency said as of Monday noon,

00:47a total of 369 flood victims in Penampag and Beaufort evacuated to Temporary Relief Center.

00:56The Sabah Railway Department said its train services from Beaufort to Tenom

01:00have been suspended due to floods at the stations and railway tracks in certain parts of its network.

01:08It said the train service would be restored once its tracks were cleared of floodwaters

01:12and safety inspections were conducted.

01:15Sabah Electricity said they had deployed 27 mobile generator sets

01:20to places like Beluran, Kinabatangan, Sandakan, and Samporna

01:25to address the power outage and disruption issues.

01:29They said their personnel are working round the clock

01:32and have restored power supply to many areas which had been hit by outages

01:36as their electricity poles and grid had been damaged by fallen trees and vehicles.

01:42Many households were still affected by disrupted water supply

01:46as water pumps at the Segalia treatment plant

01:48had stopped following a massive blackout last Saturday.

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