Hiking up Gunung Inas with Baling floods survivors
with survivors of the Baling floodsWith the northeast monsoon hitting Malaysia in force, residents of Kampung Iboi and surrounding villages near Baling, Kedah brace for more floods.Villagers are adamant that the cause of the recurring floods is the durian plantation on top of Gunung Inas, next door.
Here, villager Azhar Md Isa shows how the stream was redirected. This is one of the smaller ponds built lower on the mountain. It survived the floods.The villagers said there are three large ponds at the top of the mountain. These ponds are larger than Olympic-sized swimming pools.Video of villager pointing to various ponds and showing how it’s at the top of the mountain
The headwater on July 4, he said, is likely natural, but this doesn't mean the tragedy was not caused by humans.The geological report on the fatal floods said unusually high rainfall at the top of the mountain is partly to blame for the disaster.
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