Rescue teams searching for missing campers caught in Friday’s landslide at an unlicensed campsite recovered the bodies of a woman and a boy, raising the death toll to 23.
Rescue teams searching for missing campers caught in Friday’s landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia recovered the bodies of a woman and a boy, raising the death toll to 23., a popular hilly area about 30 miles north of Kuala Lumpur, tore through the campsite while people slept in their tents, killing the victims including six children.
Search and rescue operations continued for a second day on Saturday after a halt overnight due to heavy rains that have complicated the operation, said the state fire and rescue chief, Norazam Khamis. An initial investigation showed an embankment of about 588,578 cubic meters of earth had collapsed. The earth fell from an estimated height of 100 ft and covered an area of about an acre.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told reporters late on Friday the government would provide $2,260 in aid to families of every person killed in the tragedy, while survivors would receive $226 per household.REUTERS
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