{"id":40389,"date":"2022-03-14T07:50:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-14T07:50:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/?p=40389"},"modified":"2022-03-14T07:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-03-14T07:50:33","slug":"ampang-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.agu.org\/landslideblog\/2022\/03\/14\/ampang-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Ampang: a deadly urban landslide in Malaysia"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ampang: a deadly urban landslide in Malaysia<\/h4>\n

On Thursday 10 March 2022 a large urban landslide occurred at Taman Bukit Permai 2 in Ampang<\/a>, Malaysia, killing four people and injuring a further individual.\u00a0 The landslide has been extensively reported in the media in Malaysia.\u00a0 The two best images of the landslide that I have found are these two.\u00a0 The first was published in Utusan Malaysia<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

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The 10 March 2022 landslide at Ampang in Malaysia. Image from Utusan Malaysia<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

Whilst the second was published in My Metro<\/a>:-<\/p>\n

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Near vertical image of the 10 March 2022 landslide at Ampang in Malaysia. Image from My Metro<\/a>.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n

.<\/p>\n

The landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall, which is quite unusual for this time of year in Malaysia.\u00a0 It appears that the immediate trigger was an extremely heavy, short duration rainfall event, although unseasonal rainfall has reportedly been falling for several weeks.<\/p>\n

There is a video of the landslide occurring, which has been posted to Twitter<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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Landslide in Ampang, 15 houses affected, three feared buried alivehttps:\/\/t.co\/g1NlaKtqnN<\/a><\/p>\n

10 March 2022<\/p>\n

AMPANG JAYA: Some residents at Taman Bukit Permai were injured after a landslide covered several homes in Pandan Indah here today. pic.twitter.com\/ABg68cpksh<\/a><\/p>\n

— Eugene CHUNG (@eugenechung) March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n