Flooding chaos drives families onto safe hill

14 August 2014
The Phnom Penh Post
Civil society / Disaster preparedness and emergency response policy and administration / Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Floods / Government / Health care policy and administration / Ministries and other national bodies / Public health / Social development / The poor
Keo Vy / National Committee for Disaster Management / NCDM / Prek Kov village / Samaritan’s Purse

Recent flooding has claimed another victim, a child in Kratie province who drowned, bringing the total death toll to 30, Keo Vy, cabinet director at the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said yesterday.

While water levels are declining across the 12 provinces affected by flooding, the situation is still dire for villagers evacuated to safe hills in Kratie. …

Mai said 168 families from his village had been moved to the Ta Khem safe hill because of the floods. Villagers are crowded together and finding enough food remains a constant challenge, he added. …

 Pech Sotheary and Charles Rollet
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