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Several states hit by floods

Oct 10, 2022

Image: Awani

The water level of Sungai Padang Terap in Kedah remains above the danger level.

The state’s Civil Defence Force says three other rivers are currently above the warning level, due to rain in the surrounding area last night.

This, as more than 150 flood evacuees are seeking shelter at a relief center in Baling, as at this morning.

Elsewhere, the JKM portal says there are currently 24 evacuees in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan…and 16 in Kapit, Sarawak.

Meanwhile, the Star reports that 43 people have been forced to evacuate in Penampang, while the flooding in Kota Kinabalu and Tuaran appears to have improved.

In a related development, the Met Department has issued a warning for strong winds and rough seas in the waters off western Sabah and Labuan from Wednesday to Saturday.

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New recoveries outnumbered new Covid-19 cases…with 1,800 recoveries recorded yesterday, compared to 1,400-plus infections.

There were also two additional Covid-related fatalities, one of which was a brought-in-dead case.

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All eyes are on the Prime Minister, after he was granted an audience by the Yang DiPertuan Agong yesterday.

The meeting, which was their second in the past week, comes amid intense speculation that Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is looking to dissolve parliament to pave the way for GE15.

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The government says the subsidies for chicken breeders and egg producers have been extended until December this year.

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And, Rapid Rail says testing of the MRT Putrajaya Phase Two line will be carried out from now until December, ahead of the targeted operation start-date in January.