The search for the remaining 12 campers caught in Friday's deadly landslide at an unlicensed campsite in Malaysia continued for a second day, but heavy rains overnight have complicated the operation, officials said.
, a popular hilly area about 50 km north of Kuala Lumpur, tore through the campsite while people slept in their tents, killing the victims including six children.
"We have to be careful because there is strong water flow from the top and in the soil. This complicates search operations because the ground is soft," he said. An initial investigation showed an embankment of about 450,000 cubic metres of earth had collapsed. The earth fell from an estimated height of 30 metres and covered an area of about an acre .
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