A historical day for the Geoscience community in Malaysia.
Institute of Geology Malaysia (IGM), Geological Society of Malaysia (GSM), Board of Geologists Malaysia (BOG), and Malaysian Geoscience Consultants and Services Association (MyGeo) visited the site where the debris flow disaster event had occurred in Gunung Jerai, Kedah, Malaysia causing major destruction in Yan and Kuala Muda District. We have been briefed by the Director of Mineral and Geoscience Department (Kedah, Perlis, and Pulau Pinang), P. Geol. Abdullah Sulaiman, FIGM on the underlying geological and geomorphological factors of the debris flow phenomenon.
The geoscience community has also donated a cumulated sum of donations to the local community. We are hoping that the government invested more in geological hazard and risk management to ensure the sustainability and livelihood of the community exposed to the risk of geohazards.