Flash Floods Leave Villagers Trapped on Roofs

18 September 2013
The Cambodia Daily
Development policy and administration / Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Floods
Khlem Sovann / Kong Srun / Lbang Muoy / Srepok River

Flash floods left hundreds of families trapped in their villages, destroyed properties and killed livestock in Ratanakkiri province’s Lumphat district Tuesday, officials said. Heavy rain had softened the walls of a canal, which gave way to the pressure, according to Khlem Sovann, chief of Lbaing I commune, where the two affected villages are located. “The rain fell heavily on Monday night, which caused a flash flood that was more than 1-meter deep in the villages. It affected roughly 500 homes and people were forced to climb on their roofs,” Mr. Sovann said. … District governor Kong Srun on Tuesday afternoon said that the flooding had also reached Batang commune but damage there was not as severe because residents had been pre-warned. … He [Kong Srun] estimated that it would cost at least 25 million riel, or about $6,250, to repair the damage the flash flood had caused to the bridges. …

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