Rescue teams searching for survivors from a landslide that tore though a campsite in Malaysia recovered the bodies of a woman and two children on Saturday, officials said, raising the death toll to 24.
Thomson ReutersRescuers work during a rescue and evacuation operation following a landslide at a campsite in Batang Kali, Selangor state, on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on Friday.Friday's landslide in Batang Kali, a popular hilly area about 50 kilometres north of Kuala Lumpur, tore through the campsite while people slept in their tents. Those killed included seven 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. A total of 135 responders and seven rescue dogs resumed scouring through thick mud and downed trees with the assistance of excavators, Norazam told reporters."We have to be careful because there is strong water flow from the top and in the soil; this complicates search operations because the ground is soft," he said.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim told reporters late on Friday the government would provide 10,000 ringgit in aid to families of every person killed in the tragedy, while survivors would receive a tenth of that per household.
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