Deputy natural resources and environmental sustainability minister Huang Tiong Sii said that based on meteorological data from 1969 to 2024, Cameron Highlands’ temperature had been particularly on the rise over the past decade.

He said the average of 18.91°C recorded last year was a 0.86°C increase from the average daily temperature of 18.05°C reported from 1991 to 2020.

“The highest temperature ever recorded in Cameron Highlands was 27.9°C in May 1998, while the lowest was 10°C in February 1989,” he told the Dewan Rakyat during the question-and-answer session today.

Huang also said a total of 689 landslides had been reported in Cameron Highlands since 1961.

The minerals and geoscience department was tasked with mapping out slope hazards and risks on the highland, and identified 45 high-risk slopes in the area.

“Early warning systems (for landslides) have been installed at five locations in Cameron Highlands,” Huang added.

He was responding to Tan Kar Hing (PH-Gopeng), who asked the ministry for statistics on the impact of climate change in Cameron Highlands, as well as the number of landslides and high-risk slopes reported in the area.