KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said that the Batang Kali landslide that occurred in December last year was the result of heavy...
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi cited forensic analysis of the incident in a statement following a Central Disaster Management Committee meeting that he chaired. — Picture by Miera ZulyanaKUALA LUMPUR, Oct 17 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said that the Batang Kali landslide that occurred in December last year was the result of heavy and persistent rainfall, not human factors.
“In summary, the results of the forensic analysis found that the rainfall event was the main trigger factor as a result of the combination of the amount of major rainfall for a period of five days and cumulative antecedent rainfall 30 days before the collapse occurred, which were respectively 118.6mm and 444.8mm.
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