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State records 1,056 flood victims

KUCHING: The number of flood victims in Sarawak has increased almost twofold from 577 on Thursday (Feb 4) to 1,056 as of 4pm today (Feb 5). These victims from 340 families, affected by the third wave of floods that hit Sarawak since last Tuesday (Feb 2), were evacuated to 18 temporary evacuation centres (PPS) in […]

MetMalaysia issues severe weather warning in Sarawak until Feb 5

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a severe weather warning, with continuous heavy rains, in several areas in Sarawak involving Kuching, Serian and Samarahan until tomorrow (Feb 5). MetMalaysia, in a statement, also issued an alert weather warning, with heavy rains expected, in several areas in Sarawak involving areas in Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, […]

Many areas in Sibu flooded

SIBU: High tide coupled with heavy downpour caused many low-lying areas here to be hit by floods yesterday. The affected areas were Jalan Kong Yit Khim, Jalan Hulu Lanang, Jalan Lanang, Jalan Brooke Drive, Jalan Khoo Peng Loong, Jalan Oya, several stretches of Jalan Kampung Nyabor, Jalan Apollo and Jalan Ling Kai Cheng. The roads […]

Landslide cuts off road

KAPIT: Firemen here closed off Jalan Melekun-Mujong after a massive landslide occurred early this morning. The incident was reported to Kapit fire station around 5.20am and a team was despatched to the scene. Kapit fire chief Erwandy Tugor said the incident happened about 16km from the town with a depth of about 50 meters deep. […]

Alert weather warning, heavy rain in several districts in Sarawak

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) today issued a yellow weather warning with heavy rain expected in several districts in Sarawak until tomorrow (Feb 1). MetMalaysia, in a statement, said the districts are Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman and Betong. A similar weather warning was issued last Friday for the same districts, with the […]

Repair roads cut off by landslides, Mambong rep urges JKR

KUCHING: Datuk Dr Jerip Susil has called on relevant agencies and the Public Works Department (JKR) to repair roads cut off by landslides in his constituency. The Mambong assemblyman said 37 houses and three road shoulders were affected by the natural disaster. “The Mambong constituency is a hilly area and each year, there’s bound to […]

Rising waters — and tempers

Petra Jaya’s Taman Murni folk fed up with flood inaction by authorities BY SUFIAN MOHIDIN KUCHING: With multiple areas and homes across the state affected by the king tide coupled with nonstop heavy rain, the misperception about flash floods continues to delay the immediate action to prevent such incidents from happening in the first place. […]

Heavy rain warning for Sarawak, Sabah, Labuan

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an alert weather warning with heavy rain expected in several areas in Sarawak until tomorrow. MetMalaysia, in a statement at 10.50 am today, said the areas involved are Miri (Subis, Beluru, Miri and Marudi) and Limbang. It added that similar weather conditions are also expected in […]

Heavy rain forecast for Sabah, Sarawak until Monday

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a weather alert warning with heavy rain forecast for several areas in Sabah and Sarawak until Monday. MetMalaysia in a statement today said the areas that will be affected are Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu, Mukah, Bintulu, Miri (Subis, Beluru, Miri and Marudi) […]

We need help!

BAU: The entire community here is appealing to the Sarawak government and non-governmental agencies (NGOs) for assistance after they have been badly affected by the recent floods.  Tasik Biru assemblyman Datuk Henry Harry Jinep said from Wednesday to today (Jan 15), the whole district has been disconnected. “We have a total of 18 temporary flood […]