2022 Batang Kali landslide

At a glance

Dates: 2022-12-16 – 2022-12-16.

Deaths reported: 24. Casualties: 7.

What happened

History Background Father's Organic Farm is an organic farm located 15 kilometres outside of Batang Kali , Selangor, a town on the foothills of the Titiwangsa Range , approximately 50 kilometres (30 mi) north of Kuala Lumpur and roughly 15 kilometres (9 mi) west of Genting Highlands in the neighbouring state of Pahang . The farm filed an application to begin organic farming activities in 2019 but had operated a campsite on the farm since 2020 without a licence,

Aftermath Rescue operations The first distress call related to the landslide was reported at 2:42 am, with members from search and rescue (SAR) teams arriving at the scene at 3:04 am. [ 1 ] First responders reported that the initial disaster site was chaotic, with survivors signalling rescuers with torchlights. [ 2 ] Nearly 400 SAR workers from 15 government agencies were deployed for rescue efforts. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Six tracking dogs were initially used for SAR operations.

A landslide occurred in the early hours of 16 December 2022 near the Malaysian town of Batang Kali, Selangor, displacing 450,000 m3 (16 million cu ft) of soil and burying campsites at an organic farm. The accident trapped 92 people under the collapsed slope; most were campers from the farm. 31 people were killed and 61 were rescued, with 8 people requiring hospitalisation.