As floodwaters rose around her home in Kampung Ulu Mawao in Membakut, Sabah, Maria Alex laid helpless, hoping for a miracle to get her to her life-saving dialysis treatment.
Thankfully, her prayers were answered when a team of four Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) personnel responded to the distress call, braving the rising waters to reach her home.
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Thankfully, her prayers were answered when a team of four Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) personnel responded to the distress call, braving the rising waters to reach her home.
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00:00A team of Malaysian Civil Defence Force personnel came to 48-year-old Maria Alex's rescue in
00:08Membakut, Sabah on Saturday.
00:10They braved the rising floodwaters to reach Alex's home in Kampung Ulumawau and sent
00:15her to the Beaufort District Hospital.
00:17Alex, who is partially paralysed, needed urgent medical attention and her dialysis treatment
00:23at the hospital.
00:25Authorities said Membakut was declared a disaster area at 3pm and residents had been
00:29evacuated to temporary relief centres due to the worsening flood situation in the area.
00:35As of 4pm, 721 displaced residents from 212 families were housed in five relief centres
00:44in Beaufort, Kinabatangan and Tambunan.
00:47Beaufort recorded the highest number, with 430 evacuees.
00:51Over the past two weeks, Sabah and Sarawak have been hit by floods.
00:56Authorities said the situation in Sarawak had improved with the number of evacuees
01:00continuing to decline to 3,454.