Cameron Highlands road affected by landslide now reopened to vehicles

Cameron Highlands road affected by landslide now reopened to vehicles

KUANTAN: The route on Jalan Besar, Tanah Rata-Ringlet at Kilometre (KM) 54, which was affected by a landslide as well as fallen trees at 4pm today, has been cleared and opened to all types of vehicles. Cameron Highlands district police chief Supt Azri Ramli said the incident caused the route to be impassable to vehicles … Read more

Opinion | Cooler holidays trending as climate change’s searing effects felt from Europe to Asia

Opinion | Cooler holidays trending as climate change’s searing effects felt from Europe to Asia

Extreme early summer heat and record temperatures are being endured across the northern hemisphere this month, following what was the warmest May on record globally, with an average surface air temperature 0.65 degrees Celsius above the 1991-2020 average, according to the Copernicus Climate Change Service. May was the 12th consecutive month for which the global … Read more

One dead, 4 feared buried alive in Cameron Highlands landslide

One dead, 4 feared buried alive in Cameron Highlands landslide

KUANTAN: A man has died following a landslide in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands on Friday (Jan 26), with four others feared buried alive.  Search and rescue operations are ongoing at the incident site, Batu 54 in Blue Valley.  Pahang Fire and Rescue Department assistant director of operations Ismail Abdul Ghani said the department received a distress … Read more