14 March 2022 07:50 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 10 March 2022 a rainfall-triggered urban landslide killed four people, and injured another individual in Malaysia. Google Earth imagery suggests that this landslide may have occurred on an engineered slope.
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31 January 2022 07:27 in landslide report by Dave Petley
In December 2021 heavy rainfall in Malaysia triggered landslides that caused extensive damage, especially to the road network.
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28 January 2022 08:30 in landslide video by Dave Petley
On 25 January 2022 a large cut slope failure occurred on the banks of a drainage channel in Seri Kembangan, a suburb of Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia
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26 April 2021 07:25 in landslide video by Dave Petley
The extraordinary 21 October 1993 Pantai Remis landslide in Malaysia: an upscaled video has been posted to Youtube.
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6 November 2019 07:56 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Today a major landslide occurred in the Genting Highlands of Malaysia, a popular tourist area. The channelised flow was captured in a mobile phone video.
Tags: channelised debris flow, featured, landslide report, malaysia, residual soil, SE. Asia
24 October 2018 06:04 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On 19 October 2018 a major cut slope failure occurred on a highway construction site in Penang, Malaysia, killing 9 migrant workers at the foot of the slope
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23 October 2017 06:59 in landslide report by Dave Petley
On Saturday a major landslide on a large cut slope at a construction site in Tanjung Bungah in Penang, Malaysia killed eleven workers
Tags: construction, cutslope, featured, landslide report, malaysia, SE. Asia
1 January 2017 17:37 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Yesterday heavy rainfall triggered nine landslides on the Tumpat-Kuala Lipis railway line in Malaysia, one of which derailed a train
Tags: featured, landslide report, malaysia, railway, SE. Asia, train
22 June 2015 06:55 in Earthquake-induced landslide, landslide report by Dave Petley
Landslides caused by the 5th June 2015 Sabah earthquake in Malaysia have released large amounts of sediment that is now causing extensive damage downstream
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5 June 2015 07:25 in Earthquake-induced landslide by Dave Petley
Early reports suggest that the M=6.0 Malaysia earthquake this morning may have triggered landslides and rockfalls, especially on Mount Kinabalu, where five climbers are thought to have been killed.
Tags: earthquake, fatalities, featured, malaysia, rockfall, SE. Asia
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