On 6 July, reports suggest 48,000 people in the Bidu, Afdera, Erebti, Elidar, Teru and Kori woredas were in need of aid (with ash affecting food and water sources), and that the casualty total had reached 31 dead in the Bidu woreda.
Bidu Bidu Forest Reserve is in the Beluran district in Sandakan Division, Sabah, Malaysia.