Landslide leaves one dead and four buried in Malaysia

A landslide in a popular tourist destination in the Malaysian state of Pahang left one dead and four more victims are believed to have been buried early this Friday morning.

Authorities received a distress call at 02:51 local time (1851 GMT) for the disaster that struck the Cameron Highlands district, Ismail Abdul Ghani, deputy director of the Pahang Fire and Rescue Department, said in a statement.

“Based on preliminary information, three adult men and one woman were still buried after the landslide,” he said, adding that search and rescue groups have been sent to the site.

Mazo News Team