KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian meteorological department (MetMalaysia) has issued a warning of continuous rain in several parts of Sarawak on Friday and Saturday.
According to the alert warning issued at 1.10pm, continuous rain is expected in Kuching, Serian, Samarahan, Sri Aman, Betong, Sarikei, Sibu and Mukah.
Continuous rain is also expected in a few areas in Sabah, namely Sandakan and Kudat, for the whole day today, Bernama reported.
In a statement, the National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said the state and district disaster management committees had been told to prepare for the possibility of floods.
Yesterday, Sabah and Sarawak affairs minister Armizan Ali said floods due to the northeast monsoon season this year had caused more people to be evacuated than usual.
After visiting victims of the king tide phenomenon that has destroyed 108 houses in Sandakan since Dec 24, he said that within the space of a month, the number of evacuees had risen to 121,864, or 67% of the total for the whole monsoon season last year.
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