Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies on Saturday as the death toll from a landslide at an unauthorised campsite in Malaysia rose to 24, authorities said.
Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies as the death toll from a landslide at a Malaysian campsite rose to 24Rescue workers scoured muddy terrain for survivors and bodies on Saturday as the death toll from a landslide at an unauthorised campsite in Malaysia rose to 24, including seven children, authorities said.
Selangor state fire and rescue director Norazam Khamis said the chances of finding survivors in the mud and debris a day after the disaster were"slim." Nine people were still missing after the predawn landslide hit a campsite just outside the capital Kuala LumpurThe farm did not have a licence to run a campsite and its operators would be punished if they were found to have broken the law, authorities said.
Selangor state chief minister Amirudin Shari tweeted that all picnic and camping sites in the state would be closed for a week.Landslides are common in Malaysia after heavy rains, which are regular at the end of the year.Nor Shahidah Mohd Nazer, a geology expert from the National University of Malaysia, described the landslide as"unprecedented" under the circumstances -- involving a gentler slope and not following typical heavy rain.
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