Disasters and emergency response

10% of GDP lost to climate change

Cambodia lost 10 percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) last year to the negative effect of climate change, according to the Asian Development Bank (ADB). In announcing a $96 million package to help the Kingdom cope with the loss of livelihoods and income due to ...

Chea Vannak
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26780/10--of-gdp-lost-to-climate-change/

Fire destroys 33 recycling collectors’ houses

The cause of a fire that destroyed more than 30 houses on Tuesday in a small slum inhabited by recycling collectors, in an area surrounded by new housing developments in southern Phnom Penh’s Meanchey district, will likely be determined today, according to officials.    ...

Buth Kimsay and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/fire-destroys-33-recycling-collectors-houses-114770/

Hundreds of homes destroyed by storms

More than 200 houses in Kratie and Kampong Chhnang provinces were damaged by storms over the weekend, police said yesterday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26282/hundreds-of-homes-destroyed-by-storms/

Safety standards for high buildings questioned

While skyscrapers are ceaselessly filling up Phnom Penh’s skyline, many construction and property experts, as well as ordinary citizens, are questioning whether the government’s measures to ensure safety in high buildings within the capital go far enough.   ...

Zsombor Peter
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/amid-turmoil-eu-calls-for-review-of-aid-to-cambodia-113900/

‘Less aid available’ for disasters: WFP

The head of the World Food Programme in Cambodia has labelled the government’s drought preparation and response “insufficient” and warned that the Kingdom must be prepared to receive less help in the future.   ...

Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon and Kong Meta
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/less-aid-available-disasters-wfp

New fire trucks head to provinces

More than 100 new fire engines were provided to provincial police stations across the Kingdom in an effort to bolster the country’s firefighting capacity, Interior Minister Sar Kheng announced yesterday. ...

Ros Chanveasna
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25475/new-fire-trucks-head-to-provinces/

Bad weather on the way, say officials

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology issued a strong weather warning yesterday for coastal, plains and plateau areas, from yesterday to June 5, especially along coastal areas where the ocean swell is expected to reach one to two-and-a-half meters. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25479/bad-weather-on-the-way--say-officials/

PM deems drought relief efforts a success

With rain finally starting to fall across the country, Prime Minister Hun Sen on Wednesday declared an end to the relief campaign he launched last month to counter the worst drought in decades, calling the devastating dry spell an opportunity for “lessons” in governance. ...

Janelle Retka and Kuch Naren
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/second/pm-deems-drought-relief-efforts-a-success-113033/

Water distribution over: PM

The government’s two-month nationwide campaign to distribute water to those affected by drought officially ended yesterday, Prime Minister Hun Sen announced while speaking at a graduation ceremony at the Asia-Europe University in Phnom Penh. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25414/water-distribution-over--pm/

Disaster response on agenda at ASEAN meet

Defence Minister Tea Banh will lead a delegation of about 10 other senior military officials to Vientiane, Laos, to attend the ASEAN Defence Ministers Meeting from May 24 to 27, which will focus on regional cooperation in defence technology and natural-disaster response. ...

Vong Sokheng
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/disaster-response-agenda-asean-meet

UN helps ministries budget for climate change

As Cambodia continues its battle against raging thunderstorms and stifling droughts, officials from a variety of ministries attended a three-day workshop last week on how to incorporate the wide-ranging effects of climate change into the national and provincial budgeting process.   ...

Jonathan Greig
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/25133/un-helps-ministries-budget-for-climate-change/

Cambodian Red Cross raises more than $13M in one day

The country’s political and business elite dug deep into their pockets on Sunday for the Cambodian Red Cross’ (CRC) annual fundraising drive in Phnom Penh, contributing a total of $13.43 million during an event marking World Red Cross Day.   ...

Kang Sothear
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/cambodian-red-cross-raises-more-than-13m-in-one-day-112338/

At least two killed in storm; hundreds of houses destroyed

At least two people were killed in a violent tempest that battered the country on Thursday evening, tearing roofs off buildings and damaging hundreds of homes.   ...

Buth Kimsay
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/at-least-two-killed-in-storm-hundreds-of-houses-destroyed-112291/

Gov’t drought relief efforts can’t reach 500,000 people

Around 500,000 Cambodians who face water shortages still have not received government assistance since drought relief efforts began on April 26, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management.   ...

Sen David and Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/govt-drought-relief-efforts-cant-reach-500000-people

Fires burn large parts of Battambang forest

Fires have consumed more than 2,000 hectares of Prek Toal protected area in Battambang, killing some animals and destroying the breeding sites of multiple endangered species, Prek Toal project managers said yesterday. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/fires-burn-large-parts-battambang-forest

Heat, water shortages affecting rare bird life

Conservationists are expressing concern that some of the Kingdom’s endangered birds are not reproducing this year due to extreme heat stress, inability to find enough food and habitat loss from wildfires and human encroachment. ...

Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/heat-water-shortages-affecting-rare-bird-life

Governors ordered to stay put during drought

Prime Minister Hun Sen called for a continuation of the national effort to distribute water to those in need yesterday, instructing all provincial governors to stay in their provinces until the water crisis is over.   ...

Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24532/governors-ordered-to-stay-put-during-drought/

Fish death toll rises in Tonle Chhmar lake

The number of dead fish found in Kampong Thom’s protected Tonle Chhmar Lake climbed higher over the weekend – nearly 70 tons of fish have now died since the first were found by provincial fishery officials on April 23.   ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24438/fish-death-toll-rises-in-tonle-chhmar-lake/

Rain and storms coming, says committee

More than 1,200 houses and buildings were affected and more than 70 people died or were injured by rainstorms and lightning in the first four months of 2016, according to Keo Vy, Cabinet director and a spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24486/rain-and-storms-coming--says-committee/

PM warns against ‘politicizing’ drought, attacks opposition

Prime Minister Hun Sen once again appealed to citizens to help distribute water to those suffering from the worst drought in over 50 years, during a speech at a graduation ceremony yesterday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24389/pm-warns-against----politicizing----drought--attacks-opposition/

Health ministry warns of drought's consequences

The Ministry of Health expects a dangerous year for diseases and heat trauma as a result of the extreme weather that the Kingdom is experiencing, according to a series of public statements this week.   ...

Bun Sengkong and Igor Kossov
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/health-ministry-warns-droughts-consequences

Ministry tries to save fish in shallow lake

After nearly seventy tons of fish were found dead in the protected Tonle Chhmar Lake in Kampong Thom over the weekend, efforts are now underway to save the remaining fish from perishing in the high temperatures, the Ministry of Agriculture said yesterday. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24315/ministry-tries-to-save-fish-in-shallow-lake/

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