2014 Cameron Highlands mud floods

Disaster in Malaysia December 2014 December 2020 The 2014 Cameron Highlands mud floods took place in Cameron Highlands, Pahang, Malaysia on 5 and 6 November 2014. More than 20 houses in Ringlet town, Ringlet new village, Kampung Ulu Merah Ringlet and Bertam Valley were submerged in knee-deep flood waters.http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bertam-vally-malaysias-cameron-highlands-water Bertam Valley in Malaysia’s Cameron Highlands under water Thai PBS 6 November 2014 6 November 2014 26 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151226121957/http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/bertam-vally-malaysias-cameron-highlands-water dead At least three people were killed while five others were injured, according to official reports.http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/two-more-dead-in-camerons-mudslide-disaster-bernama Two more dead in Camerons mudslide disaster Bernama The Malaysian Insider 6 November 2014 6 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141106135437/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/two-more-dead-in-camerons-mudslide-disaster-bernama 6 November 2014 deadhttps://tnp.straitstimes.com/news/cameron-highlands-mud-flood-kills-least-3-people Cameron Highlands mud flood kills at least 3 people The Star The New Paper 6 November 2014 6 November 2014http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cameron-highlands-floods/1456706.html Cameron Highlands floods: Three dead, five injured Bernama Channel NewsAsia 6 November 2014 6 November 2014 9 November 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20141109034919/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/cameron-highlands-floods/1456706.html dead The electrical supply to the affected villages was cut off for several weeks. About 90 victims from 28 families were evacuated to a relief centre in Ringlet.http://www.theborneopost.com/2014/11/14/cameron-highlands-residents-should-relocate-to-higher-ground-says-dawos/ Cameron Highlands: Residents should relocate to higher ground, says Dawos Bernama Borneo Post 14 November 2014 14 November 2014 This was the second time that mud floods of this magnitude had ravaged the Bertam Valley since the 2013 mud floods. The mud floods had been largely attributed to illegal land clearing by foreign illegal immigrants who were involved in the rapidly expanding agricultural industry there.http://www.nst.com.my/node/51378 'We’ll go all out to end illegal land clearing' A. Azim Idris Tharanya Arumugam New Straits Times 10 November 2014 10 November 2014 Pahang Sultan Ahmad Shah has orders to stop the illegal farming and there is a claim of corruption involving the illegal land clearing.http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pahang-sultan-orders-stop-illegal-farming-cameron-highlands Pahang Sultan orders stop to illegal farming in Cameron Highlands Thai PBS 20 November 2014 20 November 2014 26 December 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20151226164926/http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/pahang-sultan-orders-stop-illegal-farming-cameron-highlands deadhttp://www.nst.com.my/node/54700 Ruler furious over 'mess' in highlands Audrey Dermawan New Straits Times 20 November 2014 20 November 2014 See also 2013 Cameron Highlands mud floods References Category:Cameron Highlands Category:Floods in Malaysia Category:2014 in Malaysia Category:History of Pahang Category:November 2014 in Asia Category:2014 floods in Asia Category:2014 disasters in Malaysia