The natural disaster has buried a campsite near the city of Batang Kali, north of the capital Kuala Lumpur, local authorities announced. Sixty -one people have been found healthy and saves.
MO12345LEMONDE with AFP
At least sixteen people were killed and seventeen races missing in Malaysia, Friday, December 16, after a landslide that buried a campsite near the city of Batang Kali, announced local authorities.
“At 1 pm [7 am French time], we counted sixteen deceased victims. Research is now centered on the remaining seventeen,” a director of Malaysian firefighters told the press.
Until then, sixty-one people have been found healthy and saves after the natural disaster which occurred about forty kilometers north of the capital Kuala Lumpur, announced the Minister of Local Development, Nga Kor Ming .
multiplication of landslides
nga Kor Ming revealed that the hit campsite was located on the site of a biological farm which operated “without license”. He said that a sanction would be imposed if responsibilities were engaged in this drama.
Veronica Law, one of the survivors, told the France-Presse agency that she and her family slept at the campsite when they heard a big noise and saw the tent next to them “to be completely swept away”.
Videos and photos published online have also shown rescuers with torches and shovels looking for survivors in the rubble, between large lying trees and shattered cars.
Land lands are frequent in Malaysia due to heavy torrential rain, recurrent at the end of the year. However, no episode of strong precipitation had been recorded last night in Batang Kali. The government has imposed strict laws concerning constructions on the hillside, but the landslides continue to multiply.
In March, four people lost their lives after a similar landslide has buried their houses in the suburbs of Kuala Lumpur.
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