Some 10,000 residents are estimated to be affected by floods in the rural Pitas district as of 9pm on Friday (Jan 17).
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00:00Floodwaters in Sabah have forced hundreds more residents to seek shelter in emergency relief centers.
00:06The floods on Friday has particularly impacted the districts of Pitas and Paitan,
00:11with 862 people from 282 families now displaced.
00:17According to the Sabah Civil Defense Force, Pitas recorded the highest number of evacuees,
00:22with seven relief centers in the district are currently housing 784 people from 259 families.
00:31In neighboring Paitan, three relief centers are providing shelter to 61 people from 17 families.
00:37The flooding has affected 24 communities across the region,
00:4119 areas in Pitas, three villages in Paitan, and two villages in Kota Marudu.