Three killed in mud flood after water released from Cameron Highlands dam


CAMERON HIGHLANDS: Three foreigners died when a mud flood occurred at Bertam Valley in Ringlet near here Wednesday.

Water gushed down to the houses constructed on the state drainage and irrigation land from the Sultan Abu Bakar dam at about 1.00am when water was released from the dam as it had reached the danger level.

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