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An aerial shot showing the bridge connecting Kampung Iboi and Kampung Masjid Iboi collapsed due to continuous rains for three consecutive days which led to the flood. - BERNAMA

Mud floods which occurred in Baling last Monday had claimed three lives, while hundreds of residents had to be evacuated to several temporary evacuation centres (PPS) with more than 80 houses destroyed. Small photo: Kedah MACC director Datuk Shaharom Nizam Abd Manap

An aerial shot showing the bridge connecting Kampung Iboi and Kampung Masjid Iboi collapsed due to continuous rains for three consecutive days which led to the flood. - BERNAMA

The 90-foot-long and 18-foot -wide bridge could accommodate loads of up to five tonnes. Photo: BERNAMA

Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor during a press conference on the flood situation in Baling. - Photo: BERNAMA

A house affected by the flood in Kampung Iboi, Baling. - Photo: BERNAMA FILE PIX

A house affected by the flood in Kampung Iboi, Baling. - Photo: BERNAMA

The flood at Kampung Iboi, Baling on Monday had also caused water supply disruption, which will be restored in stages following the reopening of the water treatment plants. Photo: BERNAMA FILE PIX.

Sarawak historian Datu Dr Sanib Said says progress in research proved that Santubong existed for about 300 years before AD while the oldest Malay state, Kedah, had existed 500 years before AD.