Follow the story: 7 vehicles buried in Subang Jaya landslide

Developers must conduct a detailed study and regular inspection at high-risk areas to make sure landslides and soil erosion does not occur.

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Housing developers would be required to prepare a complete engineering solution for development projects on slopes with a gradient of 25 to 35 degrees, also known as Class 3 slopes.

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We need engineers and geologists to take the necessary measures to prevent a tragedy, as the most important measures are prevention and early detection.

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Adviser to SlopeWatch says it is time Malaysia got its own Slope Engineering Department with the authority and autonomy to look into slope safety throughout the country.

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Works Minister said it was crucial for local authorities to have their own slope units with geological engineering experts so they could prevent landslides.

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Menteri Perumahan dan Kerajaan Tempatan berkata syarat itu perlu dikenakan terhadap pemaju kerana kejadian tanah runtuh di kawasan kediaman kerap berlaku sejak kebelakangan ini.

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“The incident at Putra Heights can't be compared to the Bukit Setiawangsa landslide because we are still doing earth works. Not even a single brick has been laid yet,” Kingsley Hill claimed.

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The developer, Kingsley Hills Sdn Bhd, had stopped temporarily construction work on semi-detached houses, bungalows and condominiums there to enable cleaning work to proceed smoothly.

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MPSJ has ordered the housing developer at Putra Heights to ensure that drains in the surrounding areas were not clogged by mud to prevent flash floods if continuous rain occurred in the area.

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Construction at the Kingsley Hill housing project at Putra Heights has been halted temporarily following a landslide at the site that caused several vehicles to be submerged in mud.

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Subang Jaya OCPD Asst Comm Yahaya Ramli said the mud was so wet that it could not be picked up and removed as it kept oozing out of the lorries.

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Only one lane on Persiaran Putra Perdana, in Putra Heights, is open Friday morning after a mudslide late Thursday buried a number of vehicles and made the road impassable.

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Sri Muda state assemblyman Shuhaimi Shafie urged all construction work in the area to cease so that a study could be carried out.

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Sehingga kini kerja-kerja pembersihan sedang dijalankan oleh tujuh anggota dan sebuah jentera dari Balai Bomba dan Penyelamat Subang.

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The incident, which occurred around 6.15pm at Jalan Putra Bahagia, also caused vehicles passing by to be splattered with mud and soil.

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Mohd Sani Harul said the route had experienced a mud flood from the landslide in Bukit Cermin, where a project to build semi-detached houses was taking place.

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Seven vehicles were buried under a landslide at Persiaran Putra Bahagia, 500 metres from the Putra Heights police station in Subang Jaya, yesterday evening.

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The Pantai Remis landslide is a rock fall and flood occurred on 21 October 1993, near Pantai Remis in Perak, Malaysia. The landslide took place in an abandoned open cast tin mine close to the coast.

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Three of the four who perished have been identified as veterinarian Dr N Yogeswary, 40, accountant Ng Yee Ping and Saiful Khas, 20. An Indonesian woman was pulled out of the rubble at around 7.30pm.

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A massive landslide at 4am, December 6 buried 14 bungalows in Taman Bukit Mewah and Taman Bukit Utama in Bukit Antarabangsa, Selangor.

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4. Watch for flooding, which may occur after a landslide or debris flow. Floods sometimes follow landslides and debris flows because they may both be started by the same event. dosomething.org

3. Watch for associated dangers such as broken electrical, water, gas, and sewage lines and damaged roadways and railways. wikihow.com

2. Inform affected neighbors. Your neighbors may not be aware of potential hazards. Advising them of a potential threat may help save lives. Help neighbors who may need assistance to evacuate. dosomething.org

1. Understand what constitutes a landslide. wikihow.com

Plants help to stabilize the soil by holding it together like glue with their roots. When this glue is removed, the soil loosens, and gravity acts upon it much more easily.

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4. Intense or prolonged rainfall, rapid snowmelt, or sharp fluctuations in ground-water levels. gov.bc.ca

3. Volcanoes can also start a landslide. Landslides after a volcanic eruption are extremely hot, high-speed and dangerous. discovery.com

2. Elevation of pore water pressure by saturation of slope material from either intense or prolonged rainfall and seepage ga.gov.au

1. Undercutting of a slope by stream erosion, wave action, glaciers, or human activity such as road building. gov.bc.ca

Landslides can be triggered by earthquakes, volcanic activity, changes in groundwater, a disturbance or change of slope.

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There are many different types of landslides, where not only earth, but rock, mud, and debris flow down the side of a slope.

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The movement of landslide material can vary from abrupt collapses to slow gradual slides and at rates which range from almost undetectable to extremely rapid.

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A landslide is a type of "mass wasting". Mass wasting is down slope movement of soil and/or rock under the influence of gravity.

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