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Sabah flood evacuees hold steady at 388 people

Sabah flood evacuees hold steady at 388 people
Pix for representational purpose - BERNAMA filepic- Flood in March, last year
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The number of flood evacuees in Beaufort remains at 388 from 121 families as of 8 pm tonight, with all housed at the Selagon relief centre

KOTA KINABALU: The number of flood evacuees in Beaufort remained at 388 people from 121 families as of 8 pm tonight.

The Sabah state disaster management committee secretariat said that all the evacuees were being housed at the Selagon permanent relief centre that opened at 3 pm, Tuesday (May 19).

From the total, 183 were adults and senior citizens, while 155 others were children and babies.

“The number of flood-hit villages rose to 11 villages this morning compared to 10 last night.

“No loss of life has been reported so far,” the secretariat said in a statement tonight.

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