A village on edge: Eight families displaced after rain-triggered landslide in Gombak

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A landslide triggered by heavy rain damaged eight homes in Kampung Orang Asli Batu 12, in Gombak, Selangor, forcing the relocation of eight families.   Read more at https://tinyurl.com/3z64dy34  WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00A 71-year-old woman was left terrified when her kitchen wall collapsed and part of her

00:06home nearly slid down a slope in a landslide caused by heavy rain at Kampung Orang Asli

00:12Batu Dua Berlas on Wednesday.

00:14Halima Yunos, one of 47 affected residents, said soil movement had been detected since

00:20November 25, but the latest incident around 7 p.m. made her home unsafe.

00:25Another resident, Mahadil Ali, 55, said it was the first landslide since the settlement

00:31opened in 1991, claiming water and construction debris from the uphill ECRL project may have

00:38worsened soil instability.

00:41Gormbark MP's Office Representative Hazmimi Johar said eight families were relocated with

00:46assistance from Jarkua, the district office and rescue agencies, and will stay at the

00:51relief centre until a safer site is identified, with aid to continue.

00:56The village is home to about 1,400 Orang Asli in 290 houses.

01:02Slangor Fire and Rescue Department Deputy Director in Operations, Ahmad Mukhlis Mohtar, said an emergency

01:08call was received at 7.10 p.m. and a team found a 7.6-metre-high landslide spanning about

01:15100 square feet, affecting eight houses.

01:18No casualties were reported.

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