MIRI: Heavy rain in the past day has caused floods, hillslope erosion and a bridge to collapse in Betong district in southern Sarawak.
Some 650 people in five villages were affected by the flash floods, with the water level rising up to 0.8m.There was also an area along Bukit Saban that experienced hillslope erosion.
The Sarawak Disaster Relief Committee in its latest updates said Civil Defence units had been deployed to the affected sites. "The floods started last night during heavy rain. Village houses are still under about 0.5m of water. "About 650 people are affected. The bridge collapse has cut off Rh Ulu Rimbas as there is no other land access to the settlement," the committee said on Wednesday .The weather is reportedly still cloudy and some roads in the district are still inundated.
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