KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's flood situation continued to worsen with 3,329 people evacuated as of 4pm Monday (Jan 3) despite signs of flood waters receding earlier.

       A Sabah Civil Defence Force (APM) spokesman said the evacuees involved 1,231 families in mainly six northern and eastern Sabah districts who were being housed in 29 temporary relief centres in the state.

       The number of new evacuees rose by nearly 900 from 2,435 recorded at 9am on Monday (Jan 3).

       Dozens of villages had been flooded or cut off by the floods since New Year's Eve amid rains that were expected to continue till Tuesday (Jan 4).

       The worst-hit district was the northern Kota Marudu and Paitan sub-district with more than 2,000 people evacuated while flooding was also experienced in Beluran, Telupid, Sandakan, Pitas, Ranau, Kinabatangan and Lahad Datu.

       Two landslips were recorded in Ranau and Kinabatangan while two people have died in flooding while a third person remains missing.

       APM, firemen and other essential services have remained on the alert.