Hours of rain flood homes and force schools to close


Much to do: SK Darau Menggatal pupils cleaning up a classroom in their school in Kota Kinabalu. (Below) Two school workers walking through floodwaters to get to the canteen in SK Jabi in Pokok Sena. — Bernama

GEORGE TOWN: Schools closed, longhouses got flooded and houses were all muddied as floodwaters wreaked havoc in several states.

Here, a flash flood struck Teluk Bahang, affecting 150 houses following a four-hour downpour early yesterday.

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