The District Council is weighing up the possibility of carrying out ground improvement in Taman Putra Pogun to mitigate the damage to the pavements and other public amenities in this Penampang neighbourhood.
Published on: Friday, July 16, 2021
By: Sherell Jeffrey, Jimmy Goh, Johan Aziz
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An aerial view of the flooded Penampang area.
PENAMPANG: Many motorists and residents here were left stranded after several hours of incessant rain since Wednesday evening inundated at least 12 localities in the district.
A brief power outage was reported in Kg Panglima Banting and its surrounding areas with Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd issuing a notice via Short Messaging System informing of an emergency power shutdown to make way for repair works on a damaged cable connection at 9.05pm on Wednesday. Power supply was restored at 9.33pm.
The rain accompanied by strong winds at 2am also left many fallen branches and uprooted trees in several areas here and Kota Kinabalu. The floods also resulted in water supply disruption in several areas in Penampang and Kota Kinabalu on Thursday.
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Residents in Sabah’s west coast getting anxious over continuous rain 17 Jan 2021 / 12:15 H.
KOTA KINABALU: The continuous rain since yesterday is causing anxiety among residents living in Sabah’s west coast especially those in this district, as they fear the flood situation will worsen.
As of 10am today, it is still raining in several districts in Sabah including in Penampang, Kota Kinabalu, Sepanggar and Tuaran.
A Kampung Babah Penampang resident, Piju Ladatang, in his 50s said, his house compound was inundated from 5 pm yesterday following continuous rain since morning.
He said when the water started to enter his house up to the knee level, he, with the help of family members were forced to raise all electrical appliances and important documents to higher and safer spots.