Mount Kinabalu climbing routes closed due to heavy rain


KOTA KINABALU: Strong water flows from the top of Mount Kinabalu early Friday (Sept 13), forcing climbers and their guides to exercise extreme caution when making their way down the Sayat-Sayat checkpoint to Panalaban.

Continuous rains caused water in the summit to overflow into streams of rivers.

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