Viral, Video of Landslide Moments in Selangor, Eating Roads to “Swallow” Several Cars

SELANGOR, KOMPAS.com – A video that shows the moments of the landslide in Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia, viral on social media TikTok.

In the video, the landslide can be seen eating up part of the paved road.

A number of cars parked on the side of the road were eventually carried away by landslides.

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Before the landslide occurred, it seemed that several people were still near the scene.

There are also motorcycle and car users passing by and stopping on the road.

Meanwhile, someone who took the video can be heard screaming asking people near the location to run immediately when he saw that part of the road on the edge was starting to subside.

The video was uploaded by the account user TikTok damai_jawi on Tuesday (25/1/2022) night. As of Wednesday (26/1/2022) at 19.45 WIB, the upload has received 667,000 likes and 10,2000 comments.

“Land Sediment in Seri Kembangan … God Knows …. Let us all pray to be kept away from disasters …,” wrote the account user TikTok damai_jawi complete the video upload.

In the comments column, when answering questions from account users TikTok others, account users TikTok damai_jawi confirmed that the landslide occurred in Lestari Perdana, Seri Kembangan, Selangor, Malaysia on Tuesday night.

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On Tuesday evening, Malaysia’s English-language newspaper, The Star, appears to contain landslides that also occurred in Serdang (another name for Seri Kembangan), Selangor, Malaysia.

The view of the landslide in the uploaded photo The Star in the article entitled “Five vehicles damaged as Serdang road caves in”Looks similar to the events aired in the viral video on TikTok.

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In the article, it was explained that five vehicles parked on Jalan LP1A/2 Lestari Perdana, Serdang, Selangor were damaged by a landslide in the area on Tuesday night.

The director of the Selangor Fire and Rescue Department, Norazam Khamis, said that his party received an emergency call regarding the landslide incident at 18.38 local time.

“Six firefighters and officers with engines from the Serdang fire station rushed to the scene,” Norazam said The Star.

According to him, when firefighters arrived, they had seen ground debris near the drain which resulted in damage to five vehicles parked nearby.

Meanwhile, Norazam ensured that there were no casualties in the landslide incident in Selangor.

“There were no victims involved,” Norazam said.

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Cracks visible in the ground before the landslide occurred

Meanwhile, on Wednesday (26/1/2022) afternoon, The Star re-publish articles on their website.

In the article entitled “Cracks seen on ground before Seri Kembangan landslide happened, says eyewitness”, The Star explained that according to eyewitness accounts, cracks had been seen in the ground before the Seri Kembangan landslide occurred.

“We only had time to move our 10 cars. But we lost three. No loud noise. We started seeing cracks in the ground around 5:30 p.m. and we did what we could,” 39-year-old auto repair worker Alter Jastan told The Star.

Alter said he was in a daze when the road finally collapsed.

He said that the avalanche was a very scary moment for him.

“It happened right in front of us. Thankfully no one was hurt,” he said.

When asked if landslides were a regular occurrence, Alter said that it had happened in the past year as well.

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According to him, shop owners around the location have filed complaints.

“Some light maintenance was done last year. But this landslide was the worst,” said Alter.

After the landslide in Selangor occurred, workers in 17 commercial places near the crash site were immediately evacuated. This was done after the Subang Jaya City Council conducted an assessment in the area.

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