Sunday, May 22, 2011

Landslides in Malaysia

Two landslides in Maylaysia have nearly covered an orphanage killing at least 16 people. Of the dozens of people located at the orphanage, so far five of the bodies found were children and eight of the people rescued were children, but there are still many children unaccounted for. The two landslides were just second apart and caused by heavy rains. Along with those injured and killed at the orphanage, there were also many residents nearby setting up tents outside for an event. All who were at the camp were trapped. The exact number of children in the area is still unknown, but there were about 70 children who had planned to visit the orphanage that day to attend a class. The prime minister of Malaysia was currently attending meeting in the United States, but stated that orphanage would be rebuilt and the victims provided for.

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Summarized by: Heather Krizka

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