Erosion continues to surge

Fallen giant: Erosion is causing many trees to fall along the shoreline of Tanjung Bungah, Penang, raising concern among local residents and businesses. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: Spring tides continued to batter Penang’s coastline, uprooting at least five seaside trees between Batu Ferringhi and Tanjung Bungah.

This followed the downing since Friday of several giant Casuarina trees planted in the 1950s, as beach erosion along the stretch worsened.