At least 21 people, including five children, have died in a landslide in Batang Kali, a popular hill region about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur. People slept in tents.
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The search for the remaining 12 campers caught in a deadly landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia on Friday will continue for a second day after being halted overnight due to bad weather, officials said. rice field.
At least 21 people, including five children, have died in a landslide in Batang Kali, a popular hill region about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur. People slept in tents.
According to the Malaysian National Disaster Management Agency, 94 people were detained in the landslide, but 61 are safe and 12 are missing.
Search and rescue operations were suspended around 12:00 am on Saturday due to bad weather and resumed at 7:00 am (2300 GMT), the Fire and Rescue Department said.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told reporters late Friday that the government will provide 10,000 ringgit ($2,261.42) to support the families of all those who died in the tragedy, with survivors receiving 1,000 ringgit per household. said.
Initial investigations indicated that an earthen mound of approximately 450,000 cubic meters had collapsed. Earth fell from an estimated height of 30 meters (100 feet) and covered an area of about 1 acre (0.4 ha).
Several state forestry departments have ordered the closure of campgrounds considered high-risk, as well as hiking and off-road driving trails, following the disaster.
landslides are common In Malaysia, usually only after heavy rains. Flooding is frequent and last year he displaced about 21,000 people in seven provinces due to torrential rains.
