Heavy rain main cause of Batang Kali landslide, report finds

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Investigations found no concrete evidence to show that human activities contributed to the landslide incident.   Read More:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2023/10/17/heavy-rain-main-cause-of-batang-kali-landslide-finds-report/  Laporan Lanjut:  https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/bahasa/tempatan/2023/10/17/siasatan-tak-temui-bukti-kukuh-aktiviti-manusia-penyumbang-tanah-runtuh-batang-kali-kata-zahid/   Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: http://bit.ly/2Rn6xEV Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on Twitter: http://bit.ly/2OCwH8a  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/2OKJbc6 Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3cpbWKK Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/2VUfOrv Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/3B1e8lN Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/39dBDbe ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTNews #Landslide #BatangKali #HeavyRain #ZahidHamidi #NikNazmiNikAhmad #NADMA

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00:00 A forensics report on the fatal Batangkali landslide has revealed that rainfall was the

00:06 primary contributing factor to the incident.

00:10 Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who leads the National Disaster Management

00:14 Agency, said the report identified a combination of prolonged heavy rainfall for five days

00:19 leading up to the incident and the preceding month as the factors behind the landslide.

00:24 Zahid said the intense rainfall led to the slope's collapse, burying campsites like

00:28 Hillview, Farmview, and Riverside under soil debris, resulting in property damage and loss

00:33 of lives.

00:35 He said that investigations found no concrete evidence to show that human activities contributed

00:39 to the landslide incident, and that the full report could be accessed by the public on

00:44 NatMAS website from 10am tomorrow.

00:46 The landslide occurred in the early hours of December 16 last year at the Father's Organic

00:51 Farm campsite at Batangkali in Hulukgalang, Selangor, killing 31 people, including 13

00:57 children and injuring 61 others.

00:59 Previously, Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Minister Nick Nazmi Nick

01:04 Ahmad said a preliminary report on the landslide was presented to the Cabinet on January 4.

01:10 Amirah Hooda, FMT News.

01:12 (gentle music)

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