Sabah floods: 100 housed at three PPS in Tenom

KOTA KINABALU: Three temporary evacuation centres (PPS) have been opened in Tenom to accommodate 100 people from 31 families affected by the floods following continuous heavy rain yesterday.

The State Disaster Management Committee, in a statement, said that the PPS are the Dewan Jinuim Jimin which houses 35 victims from 10 families; while 33 people from 13 families are placed at the Dewan Ptongan Saga thus far.

Another PPS is at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Mandalom Lama to accommodate a total of 32 people from eight families.

The Tenom District Disaster Management Committee also declared a flood disaster in the district at 7 am today after several villages in the Melalap state constituency were inundated in floodwaters.

"The evacuation process is still being carried out," it said in a statement.

A total of 13 villages were affected by the floods in Tenom following continuous heavy rain from yesterday afternoon until midnight last night.

Tenom is a district in the interior of Sabah and is located about 150 kilometres south of Kota Kinabalu.

-- BERNAMA