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Four feared dead in Cambodia dam accident

3 December 2012
ABC News
Energy / Environment and natural resources / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production / Rivers and lakes / Water resources
AFP news agency / Atay river / Construction activity / dam site / Datang Corporation / energy output / environment / Hydroelectric Dam / Hydropower plans / hydropower projects / power-starved country / Pursat Province / river-dependent communities / Stung Atay dam / Stung Atay hydropower dam / Veal Veng district

According to Veal Veng district police chief Theang Leng, the incident occurred on Saturday afternoon, apparently after heavy water pressure caused part of the Stung Atay dam’s reservoir to collapse. “Four people are missing. We fear they have drowned but this is not sure yet,” he ...

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-12-03/an-cambodia-dam/4403764

Dam collapse in Cambodia leaves four workers missing

2 December 2012
Global Post
Energy / Generation and distribution facilities / Hydropower dams / Renewable energy production
Atay river / Cardamom Mountains / China Datang Corporation / construction worker / Electricity / environmental effects / hydropower dam / International Rivers / Mekong / Southeast Asian dams / Stung Atay dam / Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project / The Associated Press / wildlife groups / Xayaburi dam

Four workers have gone missing after the collapse of an in-progress hydropower dam in Western Cambodia, apparently due to a leak in the structure. The Associated Press reports that the Saturday collapse occurred at the Stung Atay Hydroelectric Project, a $255-million dollar dam on the Atay ...

http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/asia-pacific/cambodia/121202/dam-collapse-cambodia-leaves-four-workers-missing

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