- Landslides in Malaysia
Landslides in Malaysia are regular natural disasters in
Malaysia which happen at the hillsides.Events
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1 May 1961 - A landslide occurred inRinglet ,Cameron Highlands ,Pahang .
*21 October 1993 The man-made Pantai Remis landslide caused a newcove to be formed in the coastline.
*11 December 1993 - 48 people were killed when a block of theHighland Towers collapse d atTaman Hillview ,Ulu Klang ,Selangor .
*30 June 1995 - 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road nearKarak Highway .
*6 January 1996 - A landslide in the North-South Expressway (NSE) nearGua Tempurung ,Perak .
*29 August 1996 - A mudflow near Pos DipangOrang Asli settlement inKampar ,Perak , 44 people were killied in this tragedy.
*15 May 1999 - A landslide nearBukit Antarabangsa ,Ulu Klang ,Selangor . Most of theBukit Antarabangsa civilians were trapped.
*20 November 2002 - The bungalow of theAffin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapse causing landslide inTaman Hillview ,Ulu Klang ,Selangor .
*December 2003 - A rockfall in theNew Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) near theBukit Lanjan interchange caused the expressway to close for more than six months.
*31 May 2006 - Four persons were killed in the landslides at Kampung Pasir, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
*26 December 2007 – Two villagers were buried alive in a major landslide, which destroyed nine wooden houses in Lorong 1, Kampung Baru Cina,Kapit ,Sarawak .Causes
DeforestationHill site development
Measures to reduce landslides
Immediate action has been taken and is being planned by the federal government to help remedy
landslides problems in Malaysia. Such actions include:*The construction of the
retaining wall
*Plant more trees along hillsidesList of landslides prone areas in Malaysia
Klang Valley and Selangor
*Along
Ulu Klang ,Selangor
*Bukit Lanjan
*Hulu Gombak Perak
Penang
Kedah
Perlis
Kelantan
Terengganu
Pahang
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Genting Sempah
*Bukit Tinggi
*Fraser's Hill
*Cameron Highlands Negeri Sembilan
Melaka
Johor
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Mount Pulai ,Johor Bahru abah
arawak
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