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Residents at slope areas should be alert of initial landslide indications

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KUALA LUMPUR - Residents living near slopes or hilly areas need to be exposed to knowledge and ways to to identify early landslide indications in their housing areas to reduce the risk of fatalities.

Geology Engineering and Soil Mechanics expert, Dr Nor Shahidah Mohd Nazer said lately environmental disasters are no longer occurring during their season due to climate change and there were several episodes of flash floods and landslides as a result.

“A landslide is unlike a flood as floodwater rises slowly, but there is not much time, when the final indicator of a landslide appears…the time for residents to save themselves is very short, not even one minute.

“Among the indicators which should be given attention is the fast discharge of water on the surface of the slope, sometimes there is erosion on the slope which shows the path of water flow, some areas could start to rupture causing trees to topple as their roots are no longer holding to the ground,” she told Bernama here.

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