Disasters and emergency response
Disasters
Blaze in Meanchey destroys 10 homes
Ten homes housing 16 families in the capital’s Meanchey district were destroyed early Monday by fire, which police said was caused by an electrical malfunction. The homeowners, however, believe the blaze was caused by arson. Kong Thou, deputy chief of the Municipal Fire Office, said ...
Soth Koemsoeun
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/blaze-meanchey-destroys-10-homes
Battambang farmers optimistic about new project to build dam
A new dam project in Battambang province’s Ek Phnom district is expected to end ongoing drought problems and provide water to villagers farming on more than 10,000 hectares across three districts. ...
Pav Suy
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50507034/battambang-farmers-optimistic-about-new-project-to-build-dam/
Sub-decree aims to improve fire safety standards in buildings
The government has issued a sub-decree to strengthen the prevention of fires in buildings by requiring owners to install fire-preventing systems in their buildings. Issued on Monday and bearing the signature of Prime Minister Hun Sen, the sub-decree aims to set a standard for buildings ...
Khmer Times
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50506368/sub-decree-aims-to-improve-fire-safety-standards-in-buildings/
Fingers pointed for city’s floods
Blame is being passed around on the cause of flooding along the Boeung Trabek canal which inundated people’s homes after two consecutive days of heavy downpours on Monday and Tuesday as the rainy season moves into full swing. The finger is being pointed at pumping ...
Mech Dara
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fingers-pointed-citys-floods
Kampong Cham storm injures two, damages houses
Nearly 500 homes were damaged and a father and son injured during severe winds and heavy rains in Kampong Cham province’s Batheay district on Saturday. Duong Nha, Batheay district deputy police chief, said the storm damaged 496 homes in San Dek and Trorp communes. Of ...
Phak Seangly
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/kampong-cham-storm-injures-two-damages-houses
Disaster agency stockpiling rice and seeds for flood prep
National Committee for Disaster Management spokesman Keo Vy said on Wednesday that the government had stockpiled 12,000 tonnes of rice and crop seeds to support Cambodians in rural areas facing natural disasters such as droughts and floods. Vy said natural disasters are notably caused by ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disaster-agency-stockpiling-rice-and-seeds-flood-prep
Floods destroy ‘over 2,300 hectares’ of paddy fields
Mongkul Borey district authorities in Banteay Meanchey province told The Post on Monday that more than 2,300 hectares of paddy fields have been completely destroyed due to flooding, while a further 2,200 hectares face damage in the coming days if heavy rain continues. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floods-destroy-over-2300-hectares-paddy-fields
Severe storm damages at least 20 houses in Koh Kong province
Northwestern and central Cambodia could see lightning and rainstorms in upcoming days, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology warned on Tuesday, a day after storms damaged or destroyed at least 20 houses and a school building in Koh Kong province. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
https://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/severe-storm-damages-least-20-houses-koh-kong-province
Storms damage houses
Nearly 400 houses across the country sustained damage caused by storms from Saturday to Tuesday, the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said on Sunday, adding that rain would continue to fall until the end of this week. ...
Pech Sotheary
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50303052/storms-damage-houses/
Government to rebuild market roof
The government has decided to rebuild the Chbar Ampov market roof following an appeal from vendors in the wake of a blazing inferno last week that destroyed many of their stalls. Last Thursday night, an electrical fault sparked a fire at the market, located in Chbar ...
Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50115347/government-to-rebuild-market-roof/
Sesan holdouts demand compensation from flood
Sesan dam holdouts from Kbal Romeas and Srekor villages have gone on the offensive, demanding compensation for destroyed rice fields and new homes on their ancestral land. Both villages were flooded following the inauguration of the China-backed Lower Sesan II Dam in September. While some accepted ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-holdouts-demand-compensation-flood
Floating rice: The climate-resilient alternative for Cambodia’s food production
Grown in floods and thriving without pesticides, floating rice offers Cambodia a sustainable alternative for its eco-friendly food production amid threats from climate change. ...
Pichayada Promchertchoo
https://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/asiapacific/floating-rice-cambodia-food-production-alternative-9937896
Cambodia tops region for fires detected from space
Yet again, the Kingdom this year burns brighter than its neighbours, with fires in Cambodia being detected from space at a much higher rate than any other country in the region, according to a NASA report published last week. It’s likely a product of both ...
Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/cambodia-tops-region-fires-detected-space
Phnong want damages for Sesan flooded graves
Fifty-eight Phnong ethnic families in Kbal Romeas village, whose land was flooded late last year by the reservoir of the controversial Lower Sesan II Dam, are seeking at least 1,500 buffaloes from authorities and company representatives in compensation for their ancestral graves that are now ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnong-want-damages-sesan-flooded-graves
Phnom Penh City Hall unveils disaster plan
City Hall yesterday released Phnom Penh’s first ever disaster response plan, which promises to better prepare the capital for emergencies, especially floods and fires. The 73-page Emergency Response Preparedness Plan (EPRP) will be distributed to officials down to the commune level and designates responsibilities for preparing ...
Ouk Suntharoth and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/phnom-penh-city-hall-unveils-disaster-plan
Bush fires under control near Koh Ke temple
A spate of bush fires near Koh Ke temple in Preah Vihear province has prompted the provincial archaeology department to reassure residents and tourists that it has the ability to contain the blazes. ...
Mom Sophon
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50109303/bush-fires-control-near-koh-ke-temple/
Huge fire kills adult and child in Mondulkiri
A massive fire killed two people, one of them a child, and destroyed at least 220 market stalls in Mondulkiri’s provincial capital of Sen Monorom town early on Saturday. ...
Kuoch Masy and Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/huge-fire-kills-adult-and-child-mondulkiri
'Silent waterworld': Cambodian village submerged by floodwater from Chinese-built dam
Floodwater released from a hydroelectric dam has completely submerged a Cambodian village, turning it into a “silent waterworld”. The new Lower Sesan 2 Dam has unleashed a deluge of water on Srekor, in the northern province of Stung Treng, according to California-based campaign group International Rivers. ...
Sesan holdouts will not be given public services
Stung Treng province officials have announced they will not build public facilities for those villagers who refused to relocate to the government’s resettlement site when their villages were flooded late last year by the reservoir of the controversial Lower Sesan II Dam. ...
Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-holdouts-will-not-be-given-public-services
Unseasonable rains bring floods
Unseasonable weather has wreaked havoc this week, bringing floods to Sihanoukville and Poipet and leaving one dead from a lightning strike in Koh Kong province, officials confirmed yesterday. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/unseasonable-rains-bring-floods
Mekong observation projects launched
The Mekong River Commission yesterday launched two joint projects to better manage the Mekong basin resources and address flood and drought issues, especially monitoring the environmental impact of the controversial Don Sahong hydropower dam. ...
Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102828/mekong-observation-projects-launched/
Kampong Cham tourist site planned
More than 5,000 sugar palm trees will be planted at an ancient historical site in Kampong Cham province’s Srei Santhor district in an effort to turn the area into a tourist attraction. ...
Khy Sovuthy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50102520/kampong-cham-tourist-site-planned/
Lightning strikes kill two as return of colder temps predicted
Two people were killed and one injured in three separate lightning strikes in Pursat and Prey Veng provinces on Monday, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management. ...
Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-strikes-kill-two-return-colder-temps-predicted
Weak storm approaching
Cambodia will be affected by tropical storm Bolaven over the next five days, with rainfall expected around most of the country, especially in coastal and lowland areas. ...
Pech Sotheary
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/50100185/weak-storm-approaching/