BEAUFORT: The number of flood victims from several villages in Beaufort and Membakut evacuated to the temporary relief centre (PPS) at Dewan Selagon has increased to 402 as of 8am this morning.
Sabah Civil Defence Force in a statement said the victims were from 142 families compared to 377 from 136 families yesterday.
The PPS at Dewan Selagon was opened at 6.15pm on Thursday, when more than 10 villages in Beaufort and 20 villages in Membakut were inundated following continuous rain in the districts.
Several roads linking the villages were also affected and were closed to all traffic.
In Tenom, three evacuation centres are still open housing 87 victims from 26 families.
They are at Rumah Kebudayaan Mandalom Lama, Sri Antanom hall and Rumah Kebudayaan Batu-Batu. -- Bernama