Flooding’s toll still growing
Nearly 2,000 families have been evacuated from their homes and thousands of hectares of crops flooded in the wake of continuing rains and the opening of dams in Vietnam and Thailand.
At least two people have died since Friday in the flooding, which has affected at least six provinces.
In Stung Treng province, 1,597 families have been evacuated to higher land, Duon Pov, director of the provincial administration hall, said yesterday. Separately, at least 3,400 hectares of rice and several hundred hectares of other crops have been flooded in four districts, Touch Thea, director of the Stung Treng provincial agriculture department, said. …
In Thailand, the opening of dams led to heavy flooding in three villages in O’Beichoan commune in Banteay Meanchey’s O’Chrou district, said district administrative police chief Chhun Sorngly. More than 300 families have been moved to safer areas since Friday, he said. …
In Ratanakkiri, 73 families from Lumphat district were moved to four safe zones, said Deputy Provincial Governor Nab Bunheng. …
More than 3,000 metres of roads were flooded in Oddar Meanchey and most of them are now impassable, officials said. But while 570 homes have been flooded, no evacuations have yet occurred. …
Phak Seangly
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