Aftermath: Asmah Md Taib, 72, looking at her backyard after the landslide at Taman Mega Jaya. Asmah has been living there since 1986. — IZZRAFIQ ALIAS/The Star
KUALA LUMPUR: Residents living near slopes or hilly areas need to be taught to recognise early landslide signals, an expert suggested.
Geology Engineering and Soil Mechanics expert Dr Nor Shahidah Mohd Nazer said a landslide was unlike floodwater which rose slowly, adding there would not be much time before the final signs appeared.
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