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Floods worsen in East Malaysia, more than 1,200 evacuated

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There are 729 flood victims in Sabah and 473 in Sarawak.

PETALING JAYA: The floods in East Malaysia have worsened with 1,202 victims displaced from their homes as of noon, compared with 952 this morning.

Sabah is more severely hit with 729 flood victims, the majority of whom are in Beaufort (633) and had been evacuated earlier on.

However, there were 96 new evacuees in Tawau as they fled their homes to seek shelter at a relief centre.

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