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The situation at the gas pipeline fire site at Jalan Putra Harmoni, Putra Heights on April 2, 2025. - BERNAMA FILE PIX

It was reported that an elderly man, Agustine Frederick J Lingam, 76, died after being buried in a landslide behind a hotel in Sandakan town, while attempting to start the hotel’s generator.

Sabah Assistant Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food Industry Datuk Ruslan Muharam who is also Lumadan assemblyman rides a boat while inspecting and meeting residents affected by floods in Kampung Tamalang Along in Beaufort on Jan 7, 2026. - BERNAMA FILE PIX

A woman walks near a snow-covered bus terminal in Aomori city, Aomori prefecture on Jan 30, 2026. - (Photo by PHILIP FONG / AFP)

Public Health Medicine specialist Datuk Dr Zainal Ariffin Omar said the spread of swine influenza could occur if biosecurity control was weak, especially since problems at the existing farming site have persisted since 2010.

Siti Nortinah Tangkim, 33, whose house is near Sungai Padas, said thigh-deep floodwaters had drawn a crocodile into her neighbourhood, adding that it had attacked two dogs in the area. - Bernama photo

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A man wades through flood waters outside his house in Thai Nguyen province on September 10, 2024, in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi hitting northern Vietnam. Tens of thousands of people were forced to flee their homes on September 10 as massive floods inundated northern Vietnam in the wake of Typhoon Yagi, and the death toll climbed to 82. (Photo by Huu Hao / AFP)

Members of the Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM), together with residents, inspect several homes affected by flooding following a flash flood in Kampung Mohd Amin, Johor Bahru, recently. Bernama FILE PIX