2022 Batang Kali landslide

HULU SELANGOR: Search and rescue (SAR) personnel are relying on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) in their efforts to find victims at the Father's Organic Farm ...

We also found a number of victims caught in debris," he said. This is so that we can identify the victims involved," he said. "We have told personnel to only focus on one small area and not move around in their assigned sectors to avoid any untoward incidents," he said.

BATANG KALI (Dec 18): While many sharing photos on social media show the rescue team fatigued in the search and rescue (SAR) operation for landslide victims ...

Norazam said so far, there are 11 tracking dogs placed on standby at the scene to assist in the search, with six belonging to JBPM, four (Royal Malaysian Police) and one (Army). The SAR team’s best friend, which is the (K9) dog detection unit, has also been working tirelessly in the operation to locate buried victims of the Batang Kali landslide since Friday. BATANG KALI (Dec 18): While many sharing photos on social media show the rescue team fatigued in the search and rescue (SAR) operation for landslide victims here, most were oblivious to their silent companions who faced the same exhaustion.

The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) said the identification process was conducted using three methods — DNA, fingerprints, and through facial ...

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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 17 (Reuters) - Rescue teams searching for survivors from a landslide that tore though a campsite in Malaysia recovered the bodies of a ...

Flooding occurs often, with about 21,000 people displaced last year by torrential rain in seven states. An initial investigation showed an embankment of about 450,000 cubic metres of earth had collapsed. (0030 GMT) with the assistance of excavators, Norazam told reporters.

PUTRAJAYA: Short-term preventive measures, including covering the exposed slope with tarpaulin sheets, were carried out at the Father's Organic Farm ...

A total of 61 people were saved. "Based on these findings, the highly saturated soil and high pore water pressure due to the collected underground water at the bottom of the slope at the campsite had weakened the toe of the B66 slope, and led to a retrogressive failure of the road slope,” the department said. "The first slope failure most likely occurred at the campsite, which caused the toe of the road slope to weaken and led to the (second) larger landslide,” the department said.

PETALING JAYA: High soil saturation and pressure from the accumulation of underground water beneath the campsite in Batang Kali had contributed to the ...

The estimated dimension of the slope failure is 70m (height), 120m (width) and 330m (length) with an estimated 450,000 cubic meter of rubble soil. “Active underground water flow is detected in the area where the slope collapsed, especially in the campsite area,” the department said. “The failure has caused the area at the foot of the slope to weaken, resulting in the occurrence of another larger (second) collapse.

HULU SELANGOR: Despite the deployment of two ground-penetrating radars (GPR), rescuers of the Father's Organic Farm landslide had no luck in recovering any ...

"The bodies were buried 0.9 to 1.5m below the soil, we managed to dig out 11 on the first day and three on the second day. It really helps to narrow down the search area. Norazam revealed that 11 bodies were found using excavators on the first day and another three were found using the machines the next day.

She could not control her grief when she went to claim their bodies at the Sungai Buloh Hospital.

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BATANG KALI (Dec 18): The Selangor Fire and Rescue Department found four new leads today on the possibility of finding bodies under the rubble of the ...

— Bernama “Most of the bodies were found at a depth of one to two meters, and due to the soil movement, the victims were pushed forward, so it made it easier for the team to find the victims with the help of an excavator. He said the police would examine all the licence plates to see if they were related to the nine victims who were still missing.Norazam said that although no soil movement was detected at the SAR location so far this afternoon, the search team was urged to remain alert due to the rainy weather.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 18 — Fifteen more bodies recovered from the landslide location at the Father's Organic Farm campsite in Gohtong Jaya, have been identified ...

Gain Choo Yin (35, female) Liu Pei Si (44, female) Fong Choy Kee (43, female) Lam Sook Man (37, female) Lai Lee Koon (44, female) Lai Lee Yin (37, female)