‘Silent waterworld’: Cambodian village submerged by floodwater from Chinese-built dam

5 February 2018
The Independent
Floods / Hydropower dams
Hydrolancang International Energy Co Ltd / International Rivers / Lower Sesan II dam / Royal Group of Cambodia

Floodwater released from a hydroelectric dam has completely submerged a Cambodian village, turning it into a “silent waterworld”. The new Lower Sesan 2 Dam has unleashed a deluge of water on Srekor, in the northern province of Stung Treng, according to California-based campaign group International Rivers. …

 Tom Barnes
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/dam-flood-cambodia-china-village-srekor-underwater-submerged-silent-waterworld-a8193461.html

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