Ask any geologist and he will readily tell you water and hills are natural arch enemies. The stability of slope will be greatly decreased by uncontrolled water flow.
The Highland Towers collapse on December 11, 1993 in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur when 10 continuos days of rainfall led to a landslide after the retaining wall at the Tower's carpark failed.
Bukit Antarabangsa landslide on December 6, 2008 killed four and flattened 14 bungalows.
But the most tragic disaster happened after Typhoon Morakot brought in two metres of rainfall which cause a landslide so massive the whole village of Hsiao Lin was submerged to the roof, five times over.
The Highland Towers collapse on December 11, 1993 in Ampang, Kuala Lumpur when 10 continuos days of rainfall led to a landslide after the retaining wall at the Tower's carpark failed.
Bukit Antarabangsa landslide on December 6, 2008 killed four and flattened 14 bungalows.
But the most tragic disaster happened after Typhoon Morakot brought in two metres of rainfall which cause a landslide so massive the whole village of Hsiao Lin was submerged to the roof, five times over.
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