Pictures of muddy homes, some still inundated with floodwaters, partially-submerged roads and vehicles were shared on social media on Thursday .According to state Civil Defence officials, as of 8am there were 68 evacuees from 27 households in Penampang and Putatan.
Many landslide victims in the Penampang area scrambled to safety and managed to evade death or injury."Our whole house was hit by the landslide. Everything is destroyed," said one of them who did not want to be identified.Meanwhile, many were severely affected by floods in Penampang, where a woman who identified herself as Elizabeth said they did not expect the floodwaters to rise so quickly.
Angel Albert in Kg Togop, said it was scary how the river water continued to rise although the rain had stopped the night before. Residents in Luyang, Bundusan and its surrounding areas were also perplexed by the extreme flash flood, affecting even areas that are not usually hit.A cashier who has been living in a residential area in Bundusan for the past 30 years said she had never seen the floods hitting so high and covering the main roads in her area.
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