Residents fear Monday’s landslides just tip of iceberg

Workers clearing the landslide debris in Pearl Hill, Penang. — Photos: ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

MONDAY’S floods had also brought down about 10 mid-sized boulders, earth and sand from a sheer hill onto the road in Pearl Hill, an upscale neighbourhood in Tanjung Bungah, Penang.

But the Public Works Department was so bogged down with clearing the Teluk Bahang landslide that their staff could only clear the landslide there yesterday.