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Landslide kills three people in Malaysia
A woman and two of her children were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain on Borneo island.
A Malaysian woman and two of her children were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in a remote village in Sabah state on Borneo island, officials said on Tuesday.
A heavy downpour on late Monday dislodged cut logs piled up on a hilltop behind a village in the district of Sandakan, causing a landslide which damaged 14 houses, said Sandakan fire chief Joe Sipijoh.
Firemen recovered the bodies of Saratul Sabdullah, 35, Suria Hasiri, 2, and Norafizah Hasiri, 2 months, from under the rubble of their house, he was quoted as saying by the national Bernama news agency.
He said the three were believed to have been asleep when the landslide occurred, but Saratul's two other children were rescued by neighbours while her husband was away at work at the time.
No other casualties were reported but occupants of 30 other houses in the village were evacuated amid fears of more landslides because of rainy weather, he added.
