KUCHING: Tonnes of emergency food supplies reached thousands of individuals in remote Sarawak who have been cut off from the outside world due to week-long floods.
Reports from the Sarawak Fire and Rescue Department and Public Communications Unit yesterday showed the deployment of food supplies in the southern and central districts of Sri Aman, Tatau, Sebauh and other rural locations.
Supplies are being delivered via rescue boats operated by fire and rescue teams and Civil Defence Unit teams.
In the remote Tatau district, stranded longhouse residents received about 800kg of food aid in each settlement.
In the Ulu Sebauh district, each longhouse received about 1.2 tonnes, according to ground reports.
“The food is from supply bases. The essentials are rice and other basic daily food necessities.
“The amount for each location is determined by the population living there,” said the Civil Defence Unit.
The worst-hit districts in the latest round of flooding are Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sibu, Mukah, Tatau, Sebauh, Bintulu, Miri and Lawas.
