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  2. 2024 Kuala Lumpur sinkhole - Wikipedia

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    The 2024 Kuala Lumpur sinkhole, also known as the Jalan Masjid India sinkhole, is a 8-metre (26 ft) deep sinkhole which formed in Jalan Masjid India in Kuala Lumpur on the 23rd of August 2024, possibly caused by sewage pipe ruptures and other geographical faults. [3][4] Its collapse has caused one victim to disappear for more than a week. [5][6 ...

  3. Search for woman swallowed by 8m sinkhole now 'too risky'

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    An extensive search for an Indian woman who disappeared into a pavement sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur hit a snag on its eighth day, as authorities now say it is "too risky" to continue deploying divers ...

  4. Malaysia halts rescue operation for woman who plunged into ...

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    August 31, 2024 at 7:48 PM. Malaysian authorities have stopped a nine-day effort to find and rescue a woman who fell into a sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur, officials said Saturday. The operation will ...

  5. Woman plunges into 8m-deep sinkhole after pavement collapses

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    August 23, 2024 at 7:42 AM. An Indian woman fell into an 8m-deep sinkhole in Kuala Lumpur after a pavement caved in, Malaysian authorities said. The incident happened in the Dang Wangi area of the ...

  6. List of sinkholes - Wikipedia

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    Kilsby sinkhole – in Mount Gambier, Southern Australia. Koonalda Cave – a cave located in the Nullarbor Plain in South Australia. Little Blue Lake – water-filled doline located near Mount Schank in South Australia. Numby Numby – a sinkhole located 25 to 30 kilometres (16 to 19 mi) west-northwest of Borroloola in the Northern Territory.

  7. Sinkhole - Wikipedia

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    The Red Lake sinkhole in Croatia. A sinkhole is a depression or hole in the ground caused by some form of collapse of the surface layer. The term is sometimes used to refer to doline, enclosed depressions that are also known as shakeholes, and to openings where surface water enters into underground passages known as ponor, swallow hole or ...

  8. Malaysia intensifies search for Indian tourist who fell into ...

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    August 29, 2024 at 10:56 AM. KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — The search for an Indian tourist who was swallowed by a sinkhole in Malaysia's capital entered a seventh day Thursday, with the ...

  9. 1998 Klang Valley water crisis - Wikipedia

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    Coordinates: 3°15′00.3″N 101°46′05.5″E. The 1998 Klang Valley water crisis occurred in Malaysia in February 1998 when the three reservoir dams in Klang Valley, Klang Gates Dam, Batu Dam and Semenyih Dam suffered a substantial drop in water level following the El Niño phenomenon. The subsequent water shortage affected almost all the ...