Northeast monsoon: Five more landslides recorded, bringing total to 126, says Nadma

KUALA LUMPUR: Five more landslides were recorded by the Department of Mineral and Geoscience (JMG) on Thursday (Dec 30), bringing the total to 126 reported nationwide during the current northeast monsoon period.

The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma), in a statement, said that the landslides were reported in Pahang (two), Selangor (two) and Kuala Lumpur (one).

The total number of landslides that occurred in Selangor is 51 cases, Pahang (40), Negri Sembilan (17), Kuala Lumpur (eight), Sarawak (six), Terengganu (three) and Melaka (one).

Meanwhile, Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) Careline, through a Facebook post, said that electricity supply in 852 flood-affected areas in Pahang, Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Negri Sembilan has been restored as of Thursday noon.

It covers 525 areas in Pahang, Selangor (183), Kuala Lumpur (119) and 25 areas in Negri Sembilan.

"If the floods have receded in your area but you have yet to receive electricity supply, this is due to the substation that supplies electricity to your premises is still not completely safe to be activated,” it said.

It also said that three areas in Selangor, two in Negri Sembilan and one area each in Pahang and Kuala Lumpur, have yet to receive power supply due to safety reasons.

Apart from that, it said, efforts are being carried out by TNB to ensure that power supply in the affected areas can be restored in stages, depending on access and local conditions.

TNB Careline also advised customers to ensure that electrical equipment that has been exposed to water through flooding has been dried properly first before use. - Bernama