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Storm deaths rising this year

Natural disasters killed more people and damaged more property in the first seven months of this year than in the same period last year, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/27700/storm-deaths-rising-this-year/

Hundreds of homes destroyed by storms

More than 200 houses in Kratie and Kampong Chhnang provinces were damaged by storms over the weekend, police said yesterday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/26282/hundreds-of-homes-destroyed-by-storms/

Rain and storms coming, says committee

More than 1,200 houses and buildings were affected and more than 70 people died or were injured by rainstorms and lightning in the first four months of 2016, according to Keo Vy, Cabinet director and a spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM). ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/24486/rain-and-storms-coming--says-committee/

Prime minister warns of water shortage amid drought

Prime Minister Hun Sen took to Facebook on Friday to call on citizens to use water sparingly amid the worst drought in decades, also explaining that the government was trucking water to those most in need. ...

Aun Pheap and Peter Ford
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/prime-minister-warns-of-water-shortage-amid-drought-111705/

Stormy start to 2016: ministry

Five people died and more than 200 houses in eight provinces were damaged by natural disasters in the first quarter of this year, a senior official of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/23763/stormy-start-to-2016--ministry/

Storms rage on in parts

Rainstorms have battered coastal areas and the Kingdom’s northwest, leaving hundreds of homes flooded and thousands of hectares of crops underwater, a disaster management official said yesterday.Battambang province was the worst hit, with at least one death reported and some roads blocked by floodwaters, according ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/storms-rage-parts

Floods wreak havoc

Residents of Kampot province continued to feel the devastating effects yesterday of widespread flooding in the area caused by the opening of the Kamchay Hydropower Dam, which has left thousands temporarily homeless and crippled local businesses.Keo Vy, spokesman of the National Committee for Disaster Management ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Sor Chandara
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/floods-wreak-havoc

Lightning kills one in S Rieng storm

One person was killed and dozens of homes damaged on Sunday evening in storms in Svay Rieng province, police said yesterday. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/lightning-kills-one-s-rieng-storm

Deaths, damage from storms are up this year

Inclement weather claimed the lives of at least 56 Cambodians, injured another 166 and damaged and destroyed more than 7,000 homes in the first six months of 2015, according to a report released by the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) yesterday. ...

Taing Vida
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/deaths-damage-storms-are-year

Storms kill three people at weekend

Three people were killed and two injured on Sunday evening as heavy storms struck Svay Rieng, Kampong Chhnang and Preah Sihanouk provinces, destroying dozens of homes. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/storms-kill-three-people-weekend

Cambodian parliament passes draft law on disaster management

The National Assembly of Cambodia on Monday adopted a draft law on disaster management, aiming to effectively control any natural or man-made disasters through preparedness, mitigation, and timely response. ...

Xinhua team
http://www.khmertimeskh.com/news/12092/cambodian-parliament-passes-draft-law-on-disaster-management/

Lawmakers debate disaster management law

The National Assembly on Thursday debated and easily passed two chapters of a law that aims to improve responses to natural and man-made disasters, partly by imposing fines and jail time for incompetent officials and citizens who know of, but fail to report, a coming ...

Khuon Narim
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/lawmakers-debate-disaster-management-law-85043/

Concerns rise over El Nino weather effects on food supply

An official at the National Committee for Disaster Management said Monday that abnormal weather conditions this year could lead to food shortages and that El Nino could be to blame. ...

Ouch Sony and George Wright
https://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/concerns-rise-over-el-nino-weather-effects-on-food-supply-84810/

Rainstorm slams into 800 homes, injuring 8

At least eight people were confirmed injured after storms battered four provinces across Cambodia on Tuesday, leaving almost 800 houses destroyed or badly damaged.​ ...

Chhay Channyda
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/rainstorm-slams-800-homes-injuring-8

Disaster alert system begins

Starting today, residents of Banteay Meanchey, Pursat and Kampong Thom provinces can enroll in a disaster-response calling service through their phones in anticipation of the impending rainy season. ...

Rebecca Moss
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/disaster-alert-system-begins

New accountability in disaster management

New articles may be added to a draft law on disaster management, including punishments for officials who break the law. The current draft includes prison sentences and small fines for people who, for example, enter restricted areas during a disaster. ...

Pech Sotheary
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/new-accountability-disaster-management

Cambodia spends 30 mln USD on disaster control last year

Cambodia had spent approximately 30 million U.S. dollars on disaster control in 2014, Nhim Vanda, the first vice-president of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said Thursday. ...

Global Post News Staff
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/xinhua-news-agency/150305/cambodia-spends-30-mln-usd-disaster-control-last-year

Unseasonal storms hit northwest

Two people were injured and more than 60 homes left damaged after freak storms swept through Preah Vihear and Banteay Meanchey provinces over the weekend. ...

Mom Kunthear
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/unseasonal-storms-hit-northwest

Natural disaster deaths decline

Last year saw a 70 per cent drop in fatalities caused by natural disasters compared with 2013, the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) said yesterday. ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/natural-disaster-deaths-decline

Debts rise along with water level

With pant legs rolled up to his knees, Hoeuy Mon trudges through a brown and green patchwork of rice fields. His four hectares are in Tkov village, Prey Veng province, about 300 metres from his home. On most of the journey, walkways enclosing each square plot ...

Hor Kimsay and Daniel de Carteret
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/business/debts-rise-along-water-level

Flood toll expected to rise further, gov’t warns

Flooding continues to ravage 15 of Cambodia’s 23 provinces, acutely affecting Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pailin and Siem Reap, and claiming 83 lives, according to the latest figures released by the National Committee for Disaster Management. Nhim Vanda, first deputy chairman of the NCDM, confirmed that while ...

Sen David and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/flood-toll-expected-rise-further-gov%E2%80%99t-warns

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