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Jalan Raub-Bukit Fraser closed due to rockslide
KUANTAN: Jalan Raub-Bukit Fraser, about 165km from here, has been closed due to a rockslide.
Marble quarry collapse in remote Pakistan kills at least 17
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - A collapse at a marble quarry in a remote area of Pakistan on Monday has killed at least 17 people, and 11 others are missing, police said, adding that the terrain may have been unstable due to the use of heavy explosives used to break apart the stone.
SAM: Gazette Gunung Panjang as protected area
IPOH: Sahabat Alam Malaysia (SAM) recommends that Gunung Panjang, the site of three land clearing attempts since 2011, is gazetted as a protected area.
Panorama Tambun Perdana residents worried about land clearing on nearby hillslope
IPOH: It is a case of deja vu for Panorama Tambun Perdana residents here as an attempt to clear land on a nearby hillslope has taken place once again.
Cave temples operating at own risk
GIVING leases to cave temples in Perak will cover the safety and security aspects at these places of worship.
Eight killed, several trapped after marble quarry rockslide in Pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A rockslide from a marble quarry on Saturday (Feb 22) killed eight labourers and trapped at least 15 others in Pakistan's Buner district of northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, an official said.
Canada airlifting thousands of trapped migrating salmon upstream
TORONTO (Reuters) - Canada is airlifting thousands of salmon upstream after a rockslide blocked the path of the migrating fish, triggering concerns of a permanent loss of fish populations, government officials said.
Powerful Southern California quake, second in two days, causes damage, injuries
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A magnitude 7.1 earthquake shook Southern California on Friday, triggering fires, buckling part of a highway, damaging buildings but causing few reported injuries despite striking with eight times more force than the initial quake in the same area a day earlier.
Aidilfitri just another day on the job for some
KUALA LUMPUR: An officer of the Civil Defence Force (APM), Kapt Shahrul Kamar Mohd Johari, 50, remembers clearly an incident in 2003 when a major rockslide occurred along the New Klang Valley Expressway (NKVE) near the Bukit Lanjan interchange.
Iran reports massive flood damage to farms
LONDON (Reuters) - Flooding has caused hundreds of millions of dollars of damage to Iranian agriculture, an official said on Thursday, as the parliament speaker questioned whether government funds would be adequate to compensate communities and farmers.
