Landslides in Malaysia

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Landslides in Malaysia are regular natural disasters in Malaysia which happen at the hillsides.

Contents 1 Events 2 Causes 3 Measures to reduce landslides 4 List of landslides prone areas in Malaysia 4.1 Klang Valley and Selangor 4.2 Perak 4.3 Penang 4.4 Kedah 4.5 Perlis 4.6 Kelantan 4.7 Terengganu 4.8 Pahang 4.9 Negeri Sembilan 4.10 Melaka 4.11 Johor 4.12 Sabah 4.13 Sarawak 5 External links

[edit] Events

• April 1960 - A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron Highlands, Pahang.
• 11 December 1993 - 48 people were killed when a block of the Highland Towers collapsed at Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
• 30 June 1995 - 20 people were killed in the landslide at Genting Highlands slip road near Karak Highway.
• May 1996 - A landslide in the North-South Expressway (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
• 29 August 1996 - A mudflow near Pos Dipang Orang Asli settlement in Kampar, Perak, 44 people were killied in this tragedy.
• 15 May 1999 - A landslide near Bukit Antarabangsa, Ulu Klang, Selangor. Most of the Bukit Antarabangsa civilians were trapped.
• 20 November 2002 - The bungalow of the Affin Bank chairman General (RtD) Tan Sri Ismail Omar collapse causing landslide in Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang, Selangor.
• December 2003 - A rockfall in the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) near the Bukit 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.

[edit] Causes

[edit] 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 hillsides

[edit] List of landslides prone areas in Malaysia

[edit] Klang Valley and Selangor

• Along Ulu Klang, Selangor
• Bukit Lanjan
• Hulu Gombak

[edit] Perak

[edit] Penang

[edit] Kedah

[edit] Perlis

[edit] Kelantan

[edit] Terengganu

[edit] Pahang

• Genting Sempah
• Bukit Tinggi
• Fraser's Hill
• Cameron Highlands

[edit] Negeri Sembilan

[edit] Melaka

[edit] Johor

• Mount Pulai, Johor Bahru

[edit] Sabah

[edit] Sarawak

[edit] External links