Body of missing woman in Kinabalu landslip found by special rescue unit

Search and Rescue team including firemen, policemen, JPAM and villagers searching for the victims at the landside scene.


The body of a 78-year-old grandmother who was buried in Tuesday’s landslip in Kundsang was recovered at 12.15pm on Wednesday.

A Fire and Rescue Services’s Special Technical Operation Rescue Malaysia (STORM) personnel recovered the body of Dohumie Kintie buried under a landslip at the remote Kg Masilau on the foothills of Mount Kinabalu.

The 21-member STORM team was brought in a 5am to carry out search and rescue operations for the woman who was reportedly in the area picking strawberries when the landslip occurred at around 10.45am on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the department in confirming the recovery of the body said further details would be released later.

Dohumie is believed to have taken shelter from a downpour in a hut that was hit by tonnes of rock and mud in the landslip.

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Ukay Perdana landslide: Three construction workers killed, one injured

A landslide at a construction site in Ukay Perdana left three foreign workers dead and another injured.

Eight workers were performing piling duties at the Sierra Ukay construction site for single-storey houses when the landslide occurred at about 11am Wednesday.

The landslide buried four workers beneath the rubble while others escaped unscathed.

Selangor Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Mohd Sani Harul said when firemen arrived at about 11.30am, two of the victims had been pulled from the rubble by their co-workers.

"One of them, a Myanmar national had already died, while a Bangladeshi worker sustained multiple injuries including a broken leg.

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Landslide at Jalan Mahameru

DBKL personnel cleaning up the landslide area in Jalan Mahameru, Kuala Lumpur this morning.

A landslide on Jalan Mahameru-Jalan Tun Razak stretch occured at around 3am today folowing heavy rain last night.

The cleaning up of landslide area in Jalan Mahameru has started as early as 7:30am and is expected to end before 3pm, says City Hall (DBKL) official Amran Abdullah.
The road has been temporarily closed as to continue the remedial works and for the people’s security.

DBKL’s Civil Engineering and Drainage Department deputy director Amran added, there were no casualties or injuries reported at the area.

“The landslide involved falling of big trees onto the road. This causes lengthy cleaning works,” he said.

Nine cars buried in a landslide at Jalan Ampang Read more: Nine cars buried in a landslide at Jalan Ampang

Nine cars were buried in a landslide which occured in Jalan Ampang, in front of the Dang Wangi LRT station at 7.05 pm.

Bernama reported, no casualties were reported however although one of the car's owners had a narrow escape while trying to move his new Honda City.

Recalling the incident, engineer M.Logeswaran, 28, said when he arrived at the parking lot about 7.45 pm his car was only about 40 per cent covered and he decided to try and move it.

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Landslide near Dang Wangi LRT station, no casualties

A landslide buried nine cars at a car park along Jalan Ampang, near the Jalan Dang Wangi intersection.

No casualties or injuries occurred as the cars were parked.

Reports indicate that the area is still unstable as soil movement can still be seen.

Parts of Jalan Ampang near the scene have been closed to traffic.

Earlier, Twitter users were reporting a landslide in front of the Dang Wangi LRT station near Bukit Nanas in Kuala Lumpur.

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Landslide forces 300 to evacuate

ABOUT 300 residents of Pangsapuri Beringin in Puchong, here had to vacate their apartment units yesterday when a nearby hillslope collapsed for the second time this year.

The first incident occurred on Feb 19 and residents claimed that repairs were completed late, which resulted in the second landslide about 4.30pm yesterday.

They said an official from the Subang Jaya Municipal Council had directed residents of Block B of the apartments to evacuate to a hall nearby.

Resident Siti Zaleha Dalli, 38, described this landslide as even worse than the first one.

The landslide is also threatening a row of terrace houses near Pangsapuri Beringin

Residents infuriated by City Hall’s inconsiderate move

Barren land: Bukit OUG residents are concerned that the land clearing works would affect the stability of the slope on which their perimeter wall sits.

Bukit OUG residents in Kuala Lumpur are concerned over the safety of their property after parcels of land in the neighbourhood were cleared, leaving a hillslope exposed.

The perimeter wall of the Bukit OUG condo sits on top of a hillslope that previously had trees on it.

Over 30 residents recently gathered with Seputeh MP Teresa Kok to protest against developments in the area.

Bukit OUG Condominiums Residents Association vice-president Charles Ho said the entire stretch of land between their property and the Sungai Kuyoh river was divided into three plots and works to clear the first plot beside Jalan 3/155 had started on June 5.

Ho said they had written a letter to Kuala Lumpur mayor Datuk Seri Ahmad Fuad Ismail on March 4 protesting against the high-rise residential development, citing noise, traffic congestion and environmental impact, among others, as potential problems.

Landslide Survivor recalls terrifying moments in deadly landslide

Landslide survivor M. Allaudin Sobri says he and his friends were preparing the open area for guests when the landslides occurred in a blink of an eye.

Contessa residents take fears to DBKL about next landslide risks.

The residents of Contessa condomiun, accompanied by MP for Lembah Pantai, Nurul Izzah Anwar, took their fears to the City Council over an adjacent earth works which they fear can lead to another landslip disaster.

PWD: Rain weakened soil, causing landslide

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Tun Razak and wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor visited the scene of the landslide tragedy at Rumah Anak Yatim dan Anak Hidayah Madrasah At-Taqwa, Kampung Sungai Gahal in Hulu Langat, Selangor after arriving in Subang at 9.50am this morning. Najib was away on work visits to several countries including the US since May 13. The devastating landslide tragedy which occured last Saturday cost the lives of 16 people while nine others injured.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah visiting one of the landslide survivors at the Ampang Hospital yesterday

Unusually heavy rain over three days had weakened the soil structure resulting in the landslide which hit the Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage in Hulu Langat, claiming 16 lives on Saturday.

This was the assessment of the Public Works Department's Hillslope Engineering senior director Datuk Ashaari Mohamad.

He said there were 29mm of rainfall in the area on Thursday, 41mm on Friday and 80mm on Saturday.


"The amount of rainfall on Saturday was extraordinary because the normal level in the area is around 20mm. With such a downpour, a lot of water seeped into the soil causing the structure to be weakened."

He said this when briefing the Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah, on the landslide. The sultan handed over contributions from the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MUIS), Selangor Zakat Board (SZB) and the state government for the victims and their families.

Possible causes of the landslide

The Public Works Department's slope engineering branch director Datuk Dr Ashaari Mohamad briefed Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah on the possible causes of the landslide which occurred in Hulu Langat.

Najib: Hillside residents putting themselves at risk

Najib is briefed on the tragedy when he visited the site of the landslide today, May 24, 2011.



Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today that residents living close to hillsides were putting themselves at risk of landslides such as the one that killed 16 here on Saturday.

The prime minister told reporters after visiting the site that there were clear guidelines on how close a home could be built to a slope.

Asked if the government should take sterner action as just 2½ years ago another landslide nearby had destroyed 14 homes, killed five and forced thousands to evacuate Bukit Antarabangsa, he said “it is a question of choice.”

Penang gives RM25,000 to landslide victims - NSTP-Media Prima gives RM50,000

Penang will give RM25,000 to the 25 victims of the Hulu Langat landslide yesterday which claimed 16 lives.

Nine others survived the landslide at the Rumah Anak-anak Yatim dan Anak-anak Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa at Batu 14, Hulu Langat in Selangor.

“Although it is not a lot, it is moral support for the families of those who died and survived so that they can persevere through this tragedy,” Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said in a statement.

The Selangor government has also given RM1,000 to each of the families of the victims and is looking to offer them other help.

The federal government will give RM10,000 to each of the families of the victims.

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is also cutting short his United States visit to meet the victims this Tuesday.

13 bodies found, 3 missing in Hulu Langat landslide disaster

Rescuers toiling past midnight at a ravaged orphanage in Kampung Gahal, Hulu langat, retrieved 13 bodies and are still looking for three more.

Heavy rain did not stop them from sifting through the piles of earth to look for survivors

Earlier, Heavy rain and multiple aftershocks are hampering the search and rescue for the remaining seven victims, mostly children, believed to be buried in a devastating landslide in Kampung Gahal, Hulu Langat.


At press time, the toll reads: nine dead, while nine were rescued and hospitalised.

Two of the dead have been identified as Mohd Zaim Azahari, 14, and his brother Mohd Azed, 8.

Almost 300 rescue workers, using heavy machinery and bare hands, were digging through the rubble late into the night looking for the missing children.


The dead were a caretaker and four children from the Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage. The grounds also consist of a motivational camp and a resort.

All the victims were in a tent on the grounds, rehearsing a nasyid performance for a function, which was supposed to be held later yesterday.

Tragedies from lessons unlearnt

Medical staff treating a child rescued from the landslide.

HIGHLAND Towers. Karak Highway. Taman Hillview. Bukit Antarabangsa. And now, Felcra Semungkis.

These names alone are enough to evoke the most painful images -- of wrecked houses and cars, of families in grief and of rescue workers pulling out bodies from under piles of soil and rubble.

The continuing failure to prevent fatal landslides is nothing short of a national tragedy, one that highlights a stubborn refusal on the part of developers, local authorities and the public to learn from the harsh lessons of the past.


Few details have emerged so far, but it is, perhaps, no coincidence that this most recent disaster at the Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage at km14 Jalan Hulu Langat, occurred during a long spell of daily torrential rain.

Landslides are an unfortunate but common feature of the nation's geology, part of the perils of living in a tropical country where heavy rainfall plays a large role in soil erosion and destabilisation.

Landslide at orphanage pictures photos

 

Search and rescue team carry the remains of the last victim of the two landslides that hit the Madrasah Al-Taqwa Orphanage

Family members and villagers gather at a funeral prayer at a mosque in Hulu Langat on Sunday for victims of two landslides that hit the Madrasah Al-Taqwa Orphanage in Hulu Langat.

Relatives wait anxiously for news of their loved ones at the Kajang Hospital.

A boy who was pulled out alive eight hours after the landslide being brought to the Ampang hospital.



The search for victims of the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat continues despite the darkness and rain


 
 Rescuers bringing out one of the dead children after the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat





Anxious family members waiting for news of their injured relatives at Ampang Hospital after the landslide at Hulu Langat


 
 One of the injured, identified as Hairi, 9, who was injured in the leg, being wheeled into the hospital after the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat -





Police cordoning off the area during the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat -

 
 Scores of people gathering at the scene to know more about the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langa


 

 One of the injured children being taken into Ampang Hospital after the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat

 

 One of the injured being wheeled into Ampang Hospital for treatment after the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat


 

 One of the injured being wheeled into Ampang Hospital after the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat


 

 A car is filled with earth after the landslide Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat


 

 Two of the dead children being prepared for burial after the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat -

 

 Rescuers looking for survivors at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat


 

 View of Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat after the landslide


 

 One of the injured being led to the ambulance after the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat


 

 One of the injured being rushed to the hospital after being pulled out of the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat

 

 The back portion of the Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat where the landslide occured -




 An aerial view of the landslide at Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat


 

 A section of the hill came down on to the Rumah Anak Yatim Hidayah in Hulu Langat




 Family members and villagers gather at a funeral prayer at a mosque in Hulu Langat on Sunday for victims of two landslides that hit the Madrasah Al-Taqwa Orphanage in Hulu Langat.

Seven landslide victims buried together

Boys wait during a funeral prayer ceremony for several victims of yesterday’s landslide, at a mosque in Hulu Langat, May 22, 2011.


Seven youths killed in yesterday’s deadly landslide that ravaged the Al-Taqwa orphanage here were buried in a joint grave at a nearby cemetery today.

A man and 15 boys were killed in the landslide that trapped 25 people at the orphanage yesterday. Seven boys and two men survived the ordeal.

About 400 people watched under the blazing sun as the bodies were lowered into a six-foot-deep grave this afternoon at the Dusun Nanding Muslim Cemetery here.

Zaitun Abdullah, 38, sobbed uncontrollably as she watched the burial of her 17-year-old nephew, Dzahir Haziq Mohd Muin, who was to have started his matriculation next week.

Landslide victims laid to rest

Seven of the Hulu Langat landslide victims were buried at the Dusun Nanding Muslim cemetery, Sunday.

Burst pipe main cause of Bukit Antarabangsa tragedy

Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim


Selangor Environment, Tourism and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Elizabeth Wong


A leaking water pipe on a slope was the main cause of the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide tragedy which claimed five lives and destroyed 14 bungalows in Taman Bukit Mewah on Dec 6 last year, according to a technical report declassified by the Selangor state government today.

This was revealed in official secret documents containing reasons for the tragedy at 3.30am on Dec 6, 2008, which were declassified by the Selangor government today.

Speaking to the media after a weekly State Executive Council meeting, Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said he had invoked his authority under Section 2(c) of the Official Secrets Act (OSA) to declassify the documents that was given to the Ampang Jaya Municipal Council (MPAJ).

"We discussed the report in our meeting and we have decided to make it available to the public, especially the affected parties, starting Monday," he said, adding that the MPAJ has been tasked with this.

A summary of the report will be available for free, while a detailed report will be made available at a cost, he added.

The summary, made available to the media, states that the technical committee set up to study the cause of the incident identified several measures that needed to be taken.

The committee, headed by the Slope Engineering division of the Public Works Department , involved 11 other agencies.

The committee found that a leaking pipe along a row of abandoned houses as having caused moisture build-up that weakened the slope leading to its collapse.

Other factors include the loosening of soil during development, the lack of maintenance, damage and lack of maintenance of drainage systems in the area surrounding the landslide.

Heavy rains between October and November 2008 also contributed to the overall gradual collapse of soil in the area.

Among the recommendations to solve the problems were to ensure that plumbing and pipes in the area, including for sewage systems, are not located underground and that these be closely monitored and maintained frequently, proper maintenance and expansion of drainsin Bukit Antarabangsa.

Also recommended are the construction of subsoil drains in areas where there is high retention of moisture in the soil, and the installation of sensors to monitor soil movement.

"Bukit Antarabangsa residents will know the real reasons behind the cause of the landslide when they read this report, and following this we will meet them in January to reevaluate the measures that we need to take to solve the problem of landslides in that area," said Abdul Khalid.

Selangor Environment, Tourism and Consumer Affairs Committee chairman Elizabeth Wong said the details and information of the report would be used as a tool to find ways to address the problem of landslides and to help those who experienced the tragedy in Bukit Antarabangsa.



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