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    Natural disasters regularly affect Malaysia, including floods, landslides, acid rain, and tsunamis. Floods happen nearly every year during monsoon season due to heavy rainfall and inadequate drainage. Landslides are caused by deforestation and abandoned development projects on hillsides. Acid rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions reacting with water. Malaysia was impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which caused deaths in Penang, Kedah, Perak, and Selangor.

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    Natural disasters regularly affect Malaysia, including floods, landslides, acid rain, and tsunamis. Floods happen nearly every year during monsoon season due to heavy rainfall and inadequate drainage. Landslides are caused by deforestation and abandoned development projects on hillsides. Acid rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions reacting with water. Malaysia was impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which caused deaths in Penang, Kedah, Perak, and Selangor.

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    Natural disasters regularly affect Malaysia, including floods, landslides, acid rain, and tsunamis. Floods happen nearly every year during monsoon season due to heavy rainfall and inadequate drainage. Landslides are caused by deforestation and abandoned development projects on hillsides. Acid rain is caused by sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions reacting with water. Malaysia was impacted by the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami, which caused deaths in Penang, Kedah, Perak, and Selangor.

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    NATURAL

    DISASTERS IN
    MALAYSIA
    Prepared by ;
    - Muhammad Adib bin Md Lazim
    - Mohamad Ariff bin Ahmad
    Acid
    rain

    Natural disasters
    in Malaysia

    tsunam
    i flood

    landslid
    es
    FLOOD

    Floods in Malaysia are regular natural

    disasters in Malaysia which happen

    nearly every year during the monsoon

    season.
    CAUSES
    • Given Malaysia's geographical location, most
    floods that occur are a natural result of cyclical
    monsoons during the local tropical wet season
    that are characterised by heavy and regular
    rainfall from roughly October to March.
    • Inadequate drainage in many urban areas also
    enhance the effects of heavy rain, though
    efforts are underway to resolve
    • Floods in Southern Johor was believed due to
    recent Global Warming effect. This is because
    Johor is not within the usual monsoon affected
    zone.

    Villagers wade through flood waters in Johor,


    southern Malaysia
    LANDSLIDES

    Landslides in Malaysia are regular

    natural disasters in Malaysia

    which happen at the hillsides.


    CAUSES
    Deforestation due to uncontained
    development of hillslope areas are partly
    the cause of a majority of landslides in
    Malaysia. There were some instances
    where the development projects at hill
    sites were abandoned for a considerable
    period, affecting the maintenance of the
    slopes could causing them to collapse.
    HISTORY
    • 1 May 1961 - A landslide occurred in Ringlet, Cameron
    Highlands, Pahang.
    • 21 October 1993 The man-made Pantai Remis landslide
    caused a new cove to be formed in the coastline.
    • 11 December 1993 - 48 people were killed when a block of the
    Highland Towers collapsed at Taman Hillview, Ulu Klang,
    Selangor.
    • 30 June 1995 - 20 people were killed in the landslide at
    Genting Highlands slip road near Karak Highway.
    • 6 January 1996 - A landslide in the North-South Expressway
    (NSE) near Gua Tempurung, Perak.
    MEASURES TO REDUCE LANDSLIDES

    Immediate action has been taken and is being


    planned by the federal government to help
    remedy landslides problems in Malaysia. Such
    actions include:

    • The construction of the retaining wall


    • Plant more trees along hillsides
    • Make sure to build houses on firm ground
    ACID RAIN
    Acid rain is a rain or any other form of
    precipitation that is unusually acidic, elevated
    levels of hydrogen ions (low pH). It can have
    harmful effects on plants, aquatic animals, and
    infrastructure through the process of wet
    deposition. Acid rain is caused by emissions of
    sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides which react
    with the water molecules in the atmosphere to
    produce acids.
    Processes involved in acid deposition (note that only
    SO2 and NOx play a significant role in acid rain).
    TSUNAMI
    • Malaysia was affected by the indian ocean
    earthquake on 26 December 2004.
    • The country's worst affected areas were the
    northern coastal areas and outlying islands like
    Penang and Langkawi.
    • The number of deaths currently stands at 68
    with 52 in Penang, 12 in Kedah, 3 in Perak
    and 1 in Selangor.
    The wave crashing into the road at Tanjung Tokong, Penang.

    Cars struck by the tsunami in Pesiaran Gurney (Gurney Drive), Penang.

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