22 evacuated as floodwaters rise in Sandakan

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Twenty-two people from two villages in the Sandakan zone were evacuated on Friday (Dec 12) after heavy rain caused flood waters to rise rapidly in several low-lying areas.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/ac9hn46r  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Heavy rain in Sandakan forced the evacuation of 22 people from two villages on Friday after

00:08floodwaters rose rapidly in several low-lying areas. Civil Defence Force Sandakan District

00:14Officer Captain Sulaiman Salama said monitoring teams were first deployed around 8.41am following

00:20reports of rising water in Kampung Garinono, Kampung Satura, Kampung Sungai Kapoor and Kampung

00:27Jayabakti. Operations later shifted to Kampung Pertanian Batu 25 and Kampung Garinono, where

00:34several houses were affected, prompting immediate evacuations. By 11am, eight households comprising

00:4015 people had been moved to SK Pertanian, a temporary relief centre. A later update confirmed

00:47that a total of 11 households, or 22 people, are now at the centre. Teams continued to monitor

00:53other areas, including Kampung Memanjang and Kampung Jayabakti, where water levels have begun

00:59to recede. Authorities have urged the public to stay alert and follow official instructions.

01:05use Kampung Pertanian Batu 25 and Muslim

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