But that beach stretch lasted less than three months before the sea claimed it once more, the waves eating away at the sand. Standing on the beach, he looked at the exposed giant sandbags that had been buried 2m deep into a section of Batu Ferringhi beach in January and September. Mat recalled the tsunami on Dec 26, 2004, during which 20 people were found drowned in Batu Ferringhi alone. Along a 30m stretch near a public path to the Batu Ferringhi beach called Pasir Emas, many of the sandbags are all but gone. Consumers Association of Penang senior education officer NV Subbarow called on those who had enjoyed Batu Ferringhi beach to reflect on the effects of global warming hitting the state’s beach asset.

Source: thestar December 24, 2022 09:45 UTC