Tropical storm wreaks havoc

9 August 2013
The Phnom Penh Post
Development policy and administration / Disasters / Environment and natural resources / Storms / Water resources
Banteay Meanchey / Banteay Meanchey Province / disasters / Environmental & Natural Resources / Floods / Kampong Cham / Kampong Cham Province / Kampong Thom / Kampong Thom pronvince / kratie / Kratie Province / Poipet town / Preah Vihear / Preah Vihear Province / storms / Thailand

A tropical storm that raked Vietnam for the past two days has affected five Cambodian provinces, with severe flooding and damage in three of them.

Tropical storm Mangkhut descended on Northern Vietnam on Wednesday and yesterday, deluging the Mekong River and flooding areas of Banteay Meanchey, Kampong Cham, Kampong Thom, Kratie, and Preah Vihear provinces, according to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology. …

About 250 hectares of farmland has been submerged in Kampong Thom’s Kampong Svay district, said Thiev Vanty, who directs the Kampong Thom agriculture department. Floodwater continued to rise by up to six millimetres each day. …

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