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Reuters
Reuters
Environment
By Mei Mei Chu and Yuddy Cahya Budiman

FOUND: Malaysia campsite search continues as 12 still missing after deadly landslide - You Need To See This

Family members of a Batang Kali, landslide victim, leave Sungai Buloh Hospital's mortuary in Sungai Buloh, Selangor, Malaysia, December 17, 2022. REUTERS/Hasnoor Hussain

Rescue teams searching for survivors from a landslide that tore though a campsite in Malaysia recovered the bodies of a woman and two children on Saturday, officials said, raising the death toll to 24.

The landslide in Batang Kali, a popular hilly area about 50 km (30 miles) north of Kuala Lumpur, flattened the unlicensed campsite early on Friday while people slept in their tents. Those killed included seven children.

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