The 2011 Hulu Langat landslide was a landslide

Landslide

A landslide or landslip is a geological phenomenon which includes a wide range of ground movement, such as rockfalls, deep failure of slopes and shallow debris flows, which can occur in offshore, coastal and onshore environments...

 that occurred on 21 May 2011, in Hulu Langat

Hulu Langat

Hulu Langat is a district and also a parliamentary constituency located between Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya. Being located in the southeast corridor of the Klang Valley, it is quietly booming...

, Selangor

Selangor

Selangor also known by its Arabic honorific, Darul Ehsan, or "Abode of Sincerity") is one of the 13 states of Malaysia. It is on the west coast of Peninsular Malaysia and is bordered by Perak to the north, Pahang to the east, Negeri Sembilan to the south and the Strait of Malacca to the west...

, Malaysia. 16 people mostly 15 children and a caretaker of an orphanage were killed in a landslide caused by heavy rains at the Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage in Kampung Sosrowijayan (FELCRA Semungkis), Hulu Langat, Selangor, southeast of Kuala Lumpur

Kuala Lumpur

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. The landslide occurred at about 2:30 pm MST

Malaysian Standard Time

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Causes of landslides

The Children's Hidayah Madrasah Al-Taqwa orphanage is located at Jalan Sungai Semungkis, Kampung Sosrowijayan (FELCRA Semungkis), Hulu Langat, Selangor, a hilly rural area vulnerable to landslides. According to the Minister of Women, Family and Community when asked about this incident, Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, the orphanage was not registered under any agency under the Ministry or any other ministry. The landslide occurred at at 2:20 pm MST

Malaysian Standard Time

Malaysia Standard Time or Waktu Piawai Malaysia or Malaysia Time is a standard time used in Malaysia. It is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and Coordinated Universal Time. The local mean time in Kuala Lumpur was originally GMT+06:46:48...

, and so far reported only orphanage is an important building that was buried by a landslide.

The search and rescue efforts commence at 2.45 pm, 25 minutes after the landslide occurred. During this operation, found a total of 16 orphans and guardians who died and nine survived with injuries. The rescue operation ended after the last victim removed from the scene at 5:30 am the following day. follow-up operation started at 8 am, 22 May, to explore locations around the ruins of tragedy and cleaning of waste to ensure that no more victims are trapped. The search and rescue operations conducted by 754 members of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM), the Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department

Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department

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, Malaysian Civil Defence Department, the Malaysian Search and Rescue Team (SMART), Fourth Division of Malaysian Army

Malaysian Army

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, General Operations Force (GOF) (Pasukan Gerakan Am (PGA)) and St. John Ambulance

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. The work is relatively easy to find because the location of the victim close to each other.

Geotechnical and Transportation Engineering Lecturer, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

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(UTM), Assoc. Prof. Ir. Azman Kassim said the cause landslides caused by large quantities of rain in 24 hours. Land slope and soil types also accelerate landslide cloudy.

List of 16 deaths

1. Mohd Kamarul Amizan, 11
2. Nurahimi Rosdi, 14
3. Dzahir Haziq M. Muin, 11
4. Ahmad Lokman Hakim, 11
5. Farid Ibrahim, 34 (caretaker of an orphanage)
6. Mohd Azret Azahari, 8
7. Wan Ahmad Hasril Hazim, 11
8. Zahid Assawal Zamri, 19
9. Mohd Mustakim Mamat, 12
10. Mohd Naerzein M. Nor, 8
11. Mohd Aiman Abdullah, 10
12. Shahrul Nurimran Adnan, 9
13. Mohd Zaid Azahari, 14
14. Mohd Imal Fahad, 9
15. Mohd Riezman Abdul Latif, 9
16. Mohd Hazim Sapri, 10

List of nine survivors

1. Aizat Khusairi, 12
2. Mohd Allaudin Sobri, 14
3. Mohd Syatiq Ibrahim, 21
4. Khairul Anuar Nasri, 9
5. Mohd Harris Izuddin Sahrul, 11
6. Zulkhairi Aminuddin, 13
7. Izzuddin Abdullah, 30 (caretaker of an orphanage)
8. Izuan Zakaria, 33 (caretaker of an orphanage)
9. Mohd Akmal Mohd Jefri, 10