KOTA BELUD: Several districts in Sabah are flooded following a continuous downpour since Saturday afternoon.
In Kota Belud, 31 people from 16 families were evacuated from their flooded homes and brought to a temporary relief centre at Tun Said community hall. SMK Taun Gusi II in the district was also opened last night to prepare for more flood victims.
According to a statement by the Civil Defence Department, 19 villages in Kota Belud are inundated by floodwaters after non-stop heavy rain since yesterday.
"The flooding is due to sandstone sediments and silt from upstream of the Kadamaian river until the estuary at Sungai Abai.
"The water level is continuing to rise," it said.
Five major roads have become impassable to traffic: Jalan Kg Bobot, Jalan Siasai Tamu, Jalan Kampung Menunggui, Jalan Kampung Linau and Jalan Lebak Moyoh bypass Kudat.
In Penampang, 18 people are taking shelter at the Penampang Cultural Hall after 12 villages in the district were flooded.
The villages are Kampung Tuavon, Kampung Dabak, Kampung Kambau, Penampang Proper, Kampung Kambazan Kolopis, Kampung Putaton Inobong, Kampung Babah Penampang, Kampung Dungkahang, Kampung Tanaki, Kampung Nambazan, Kampung Sugud and Taman Donggongon.
Also inundated are Jalan Kiranau Inobong, Jalan Kolopis, Jalan Datuk Panglima Banting, Jalan Kibabaig and Jalan Kivatu-Kasigui.
Other flooded areas are seven villages in Kota Marudu and two villages in Putatan.
The Tamparuli bridge in Tuaran is now impassable to traffic.
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