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
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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.
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22 October 2014 06:42 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Earlier this week heavy rainfall triggered a landslide at Bukit Beruntung in Selangor, Malaysia, which resulted in the evacuation of over 2000 people
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2 February 2014 18:53 in landslide video by Dave Petley
In Jalan Kenanga in Malaysia in 2009, a large retaining wall collapsed at a construction site. A video captured the failure as it developed.
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3 January 2013 11:13 in landslide report by Dave Petley
Further information is now available about the remarkable engineered slope failure at Bukit Setiawangsa in Malaysia
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29 December 2012 08:33 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Malaysia suffered a very impressive failure in an engineered slope at Bukit Setiawangsa near Kuala Lumpur yesterday
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7 November 2012 08:47 in landslide report by Dave Petley
A couple of years ago the Slope Engineering Department in Malaysia produced a National Slope Masterplan, which is now available online.
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21 May 2011 13:07 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
Various news agencies are carrying a story this afternoon of a landslide in Malaysia that has partially buried an orphanage in Hulu Langat, close to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. Reports are confused as to the true impact, but local reports indicate that five children have been killed, six recovered injured and 10 children remain buried. Heavy rainfall appears to be the cause, and is hampering the rescue. In addition it …
21 October 2010 21:02 in Uncategorized by Dave Petley
An interesting if somewhat strange story has developed in Malaysia over the last few days. The Rajang River flows over a distance of about 560 km across Sarawak. It is fairly obvious on this Google Earth image: A fortnight ago reports emerged that there were navigation problems on the lower reaches of the river. Unusually, these issues occurred not because of high or low river levels, but because the …
Tags: malaysia, river, Sarawak, timber, wood
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