Disasters

Floods

Japan to continue drainage project

The Japan International Cooperation Agency yesterday said it plans to continue working with City Hall to clean drainage pipes to reduce flooding in the capital during heavy rainstorms. ...

Pav Suy
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5085109/japan-continue-drainage-project/

Croc-toberfest

Provincial and border police in Banteay Meanchey province caught a crocodile on Wednesday night while on flood patrol along the river, prompting officials to warn people living in flood zones along rivers to be on the lookout for the toothy interlopers. Officials are looking into ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/croc-toberfest

City mulls building pumping station amid floods

Following recent criticism of the capital’s flood management system, an official yesterday said City Hall will decide this month if it will build a new pumping station and begin to clear existing canals of debris to mitigate the risk of floods. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/city-mulls-building-pumping-station-amid-floods

Pipe systems cleaned

Phnom Penh Municipality plans to create a new water pumping station in Meanchey district next year in order to reduce city flooding in Sen Sok, Meanchey and Por Senchey districts.​ ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084747/pipe-systems-cleaned/

Japan wades in to prevent floods in capital

The Japan International Cooperation Agency will today begin two days of drainage work to clear clogged systems that led to recent floods in the capital. ...

Khuon Narim
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084559/japan-wades-prevent-floods-capital/

Families evacuated as flood waters rise

More than 300 families in Banteay Meanchey province’s Malai district were evacuated yesterday after their houses were inundated by floods. Other provinces were also affected by flooding as a low-pressure weather system crosses the country. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084577/families-evacuated-flood-waters-rise/

Flood dangers rise amid downpours

The Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a new warning about heavy rain across the country amid a low-pressure weather system, while Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered officials to be prepared for flooding. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5084251/flood-dangers-rise-amid-downpours/

Flood control ‘lacking’

Cambodia and Vietnam currently lack a system to effectively forecast and control flooding in the Sesan and Srepok river basins, both at the national and intergovernmental level, according to a study published by the Mekong River Commission (MRC). ...

Yesenia Amaro
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-control-lacking

Flood problems continue

With rain pouring down for hours yesterday thanks to a low-pressure system, many Cambodians found their daily lives disrupted by severe flooding, with some taking to social media to criticise a poor flood management system in Phnom Penh. ...

Yon Sineat
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-problems-continue

Warning for week of heavy rain and floods

Much of the country could face flooding due to heavy rainfall until Wednesday, the Water Resources and Meteorology Ministry has warned. According to a ministry announcement yesterday, the country will be affected by a low pressure system that will cause heavy rainfall nationwide. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5083788/warning-week-heavy-rain-floods/

District governor fears floods may damage bridge

Parts of National Road 5 in Battambang province’s Thmarkol district have been inundated by floods, with the district governor warning that a bridge is also under threat of serious damage. ...

Zahron Sokry
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5080431/district-governor-fears-floods-may-damage-bridge/

Storms forecast brings flood alert

Minister of Water Resources and Meteorology Lim Kean Hor has urged local authorities and the public to be wary of impending floods caused by heavy rains expected from today until Sunday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5078539/storms-forecast-brings-flood-alert/

Second road to flooded dam commune blocked

A second road leading to the embattled communities of Sre Kor commune, where defiant villagers continue to live through floods caused by dam construction, has been blocked by Stung Treng provincial authorities.​ ...

Sen David
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5076789/second-road-flooded-dam-commune-blocked/

Returning Sesan families warned of greater floods from dam

Families in Stung Treng province that returned to a village near the Lower Sesan II dam after floodwaters temporarily receded are being warned they will be forced again to flee when a far worse deluge comes as all of the new dam’s gates are shut. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/returning-sesan-families-warned-of-greater-floods-from-dam-133141/

Tbong Khmum residents evacuated as Mekong floods moves south

Hundreds of riverside families in Tbong Khmum province were on Monday evacuated away from the flooding Mekong River, even as the provinces hit hardest by tropical storm ‘Sonca’ last week returned to normalcy and evacuees shuffled back to their homes. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/tbong-khmum-residents-evacuated-as-mekong-floods-moves-south-133086/

Preah Vihear officials assess flood damage

As flood waters recede in Preah Vihear province, authorities are now facing a rising damage bill with at least 14 kilometres of roads in need of repair. ...

Khout Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/preah-vihear-officials-assess-flood-damage

Floods cause $1 million in damages

The recent floods that slammed Preah Vihear and Oddar Meanchey provinces, among others, destroyed more than 2,000 homes, killed two people and caused at least $1 million in damages, officials said on Friday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075657/floods-cause-1-million-damages/

PM weighs in as floods continue in Kingdom

Water levels in the Mekong River in Stung Treng province climbed to emergency levels yesterday morning as Prime Minister Hun Sen took to Face-book to order local authorities to look out for residents. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/pm-weighs-floods-continue-kingdom

More villagers evacuated as floods continue

Authorities yesterday evacuated 190 households in four communes within Oddar Meanchey’s Trapaing Prasat district due to severe flooding, one day after 100 families were ferried to safety in Preah Vihear province, where two people died.​ ...

Sen David and Ven Rathavong
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5075386/villagers-evacuated-floods-continue/

Minorities forced to trek from Sesan village

About 100 ethnic minority members were forced to trek 12 km on Wednesday out of a Stung Treng village on the verge of being flooded by a new hydroelectric dam after authorities blockaded a road. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/minorities-forced-to-trek-from-sesan-village-132930/

One drowns as floods hit Preah Vihear

One teenager drowned and at least 30 families were evacuated as the Stung Sen river swelled over one meter higher than emergency levels in Preah Vihear province, authorities said on Wednesday, as at least five other provinces recorded flooding from Tropical Storm Sonca. ...

Ben Sokhean
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/one-drowns-as-floods-hit-preah-vihear-132935/

Sesan locals protest over supporters’ detention

The temporary detention and questioning of 24 people travelling to the reservoir area of the Lower Sesan II dam prompted a three-hour confrontation between Military Police and provincial police officials and more than 100 villagers in Stung Treng’s Kbal Romea village yesterday. ...

Phak Seangly
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/sesan-locals-protest-over-supporters-detention

Waters rising in Sesan dam villages as holdouts sit tight

Rescuers armed with speed boats and emergency supplies have been deployed to two Stung Treng province villages where residents remain despite expected flooding as the country’s largest hydropower dam undergoes testing. ...

Aun Pheap
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/waters-rising-in-sesan-dam-villages-as-holdouts-sit-tight-132614/

Tropical storm brings flood warning

The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology yesterday issued a warning that an impending tropical storm may inundate the Tonle Sap and Mekong river, causing floods to neighbouring communities. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/5065734/tropical-storm-brings-flood-warning/

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