Two babies swept away in Sook flood

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00:00Police said rescuers are searching for two missing babies who were swept away by a flash

00:07flood in interior Sukh Sabah on Tuesday night.

00:10Keningau District Police Chief Superintendent Yampil Garai said the incident happened at

00:159.32 pm at the baby's house in Kampung Dalit.

00:20He said the family lived in the quarters at Karamatoi Ulu, located about 20 metres away

00:25from the Talangkai River.

00:26He said the river swelled after hours of continuous rain since 5.00 pm.

00:31The babies are aged three-month-old and two-years-old.

00:35They were among seven people swept away by the flood, while five others managed to survive.

00:40The Sabah Fire and Rescue Department said they received a distress call on the incident

00:44at 10.00 pm, but the rescue team only managed to reach the interior at 3.00 am.

00:50Authorities believe that the flooding may have been triggered by logging activities

00:54upstream of the Talangkai River.

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