Volunteers helping to pack up cubicles at the Taman Malihah flood relief centre, which also became flooded at about 2am Thursday (Jan 14). The evacuees were moved to another relief centre nearby. — ZULAZHAR SHEBLEE/The Star
KUCHING: Some 1,826 people have been evacuated in Sarawak after heavy rain coinciding with the king tide flooding low-lying areas in Kuching, Bau, Samarahan, Serian and Miri.
The state Civil Defence Force (APM) said 1,179 people were sheltering at 12 flood relief centres in Kuching as of noon Thursday (Jan 14).
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