KUALA LUMPUR – The Minerals and Geoscience Department has reported an increase of 12 landslides involving 10 in Kuala Lumpur, as well as one each in Selangor and Negri Sembilan.
The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) in a statement today said this takes the cumulative number of landslides during the current Northeast Monsoon period to 262 nationwide.
According to Nadma, the Public Works Department disaster report as at 10am today stated that, cumulatively, there have been disaster incidents at 965 road locations in 10 states throughout the current Northeast Monsoon period.
This includes incidents of flooding (423), flash floods (62), slope collapses (447), road collapses (23) and five incidents each of road subsidence and damaged/collapsed bridges.
“So far, the number of disaster-hit road locations still undergoing the cleaning process is 29 for floods, 44 for slope collapses, 11 for road collapses, one for road subsidence and three for damaged/collapsed bridges,” the statement added.
As at 2pm today, the Malaysian Meteorological Department had not issued any continuous rain warnings, although there were four thunderstorm alerts issued for Sabah and Sarawak.
“Although no continuous rain is forecast in the near future, thunderstorms can still occur nationwide, especially in Sabah and Sarawak in the morning and from evening to night,” Nadma said.
The agency also announced that until 10am today, 1,038 or 98% of the 1,062 affected communication infrastructures have been repaired while the remaining 28 are undergoing repairs. – Bernama, January 6, 2022
