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Focus now on flood’s aftermath

With the floodwaters receding following weeks of heavy rains, the National Committee for Disaster Management met with officials from 20 provinces on Friday to determine the scale of the devastation and begin planning the cleanup. The NCDM on Wednesday launched a disaster management database in ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/focus-now-flood%E2%80%99s-aftermath

Floods kill 152 people, affect 418,770 families in Cambodia: officials

The Mekong River and flash floods have killed at least 152 people and affected 418,770 families in 20 provinces in Cambodia, disaster control officials said Friday. Pon Narith, Secretary General of the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said floods have hit the country twice this ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/18/c_132809421.htm

A raft of complications

Riun Pau ran out of food last week. For the 13-year-old and her family, that moment was the culmination of weeks of distress caused by flooding that had already ravaged their Battambang home and farmland. Pau’s neighbours are experiencing similar problems. In Battambang, 67.3 per cent ...

Khouth Sophak Chakrya and Amelia Woodside
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/national/raft-complications

Death Toll Rises Even as Floodwaters Recede

As floodwaters begin to recede, the extent of the humanitarian crisis and infrastructural damage is slowly being revealed, and in many places the situation is potentially worse than it was following the de­vastating floods in 2011, according to the National Com­mit­tee for Dis­as­ter Management (NCDM). Keo Vy, ...

Simon Henderson and Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/death-toll-rises-even-as-floodwaters-recede-45349/

Conditions Worsening at Siem Reap and Battambang Prisons

Conditions are deteriorating for hundreds of inmates that were forced by flooding to move to the already overcrowded Battambang and Siem Reap prisons from Banteay Meanchey prison, and human rights groups are not sure how long it will be before the prison is operational again, ...

Ben Sokhean and Matt Blomberg
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/conditions-worsening-at-siem-reap-and-battambang-prisons-45102/

Cambodia flood death toll climbs to 122

The death toll from Mekong River and flash floods in Cambodia has risen to 122 in the past four weeks, a senior disaster control official said Monday. “To date, the floods have killed 122 people and affected some 1.5 million people,” Nhim Vanda, vice-president of the ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/14/c_132797207.htm

Cambodia floods hit northwestern prison, 842 prisoners evacuated

Floods have submerged a prison in northwestern Banteay Meanchey province on Thursday, forcing the authorities to evacuate all 842 prisoners to detention centers in other provinces. “The prison is badly inundated and we are moving the prisoners to prisons in neighboring provinces,” Phin Sophal, chief of ...

Global Times News Staff
http://www.globaltimes.cn/content/816874.shtml#.UldsRNKBlxI

Cambodia's parliament calls for emergency relief for flood-affected victims

The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday called on national and international charitable groups to provide emergency reliefs to flood-affected people throughout the country, a statement said. The National Assembly of Cambodia on Thursday called on national and international charitable groups to provide emergency reliefs to ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/10/c_132785542.htm

Floods kill 104, affect 1.5 million people in Cambodia

Floods from Mekong River and heavy rainfall have killed at least 104 people and affected about 1.5 million people in Cambodia in the last three weeks, a senior disaster control official said Wednesday. “The latest figures showed that the floods have killed 104 people and ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/09/c_132783531.htm

Flooding Spreads to Svay Rieng; 17 Provinces Now Affected

Svay Rieng became the latest province to declare emergency water levels as storms continued in the west of the country, prolonging deadly nationwide flooding that has killed at least 83 people and affected tens of thousands of families over the past month, officials said. Keo Vy, ...

Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/flooding-spreads-to-svay-rieng-17-provinces-now-affected-44702/

Red Cross Criticized Over Slow Response to Floods

With thousands of families evacuated from their homes due to flooding, the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC), the largest and best-funded humanitarian organization in the country, has yet to provide flood aid to many struggling communities, local officials said Monday. Families living in some of the worst ...

Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/red-cross-criticized-over-slow-response-to-floods-44560/

Cambodia flood death toll rises to 83, affecting over 800,000 people

Floods from Mekong River and heavy rainfall have killed at least 83 people and affected more than 800,000 people in Cambodia in the last three weeks, a senior disaster control official said Monday. “Up to now, 83 people have died of drowning and over 800,000 people ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/07/c_132777225.htm

Flood forces Cambodia to cancel Water Festival

Cambodia announced Sunday to cancel the annual Water Festival next month since the country has been hit hard by Mekong flash floods, the government said in a statement on Sunday. “This year, Mekong floods have been severely hitting Cambodia, claiming human lives and inundating houses, schools, ...

Xinhuanet News Staff
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2013-10/06/c_132775489.htm

Floods Claim 39 Lives; Crops, Hundreds of Schools Damaged

The death toll from flooding across the country has risen to 39, while the Mekong River remains above emergency levels in Prey Veng and Kandal provinces, a government official said on Friday. Keo Vy, cabinet chief for the government’s National Committee for Disaster Management, said that ...

Khy Sovuthy and Hul Reaksmey
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-claim-39-lives-crops-hundreds-of-schools-damaged-44434/

Governor Takes to the River to Promote Flood Response

A fleet of five speedboats set off from Sisowath Quay on Tuesday afternoon carrying Phnom Penh’s governor, 19 local officials, several bodyguards and a press team, as the municipal authorities’ plan to deal with flooding in several districts of the city switched into first gear. Over ...

Ben Sokhean and Simon Henderson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/governor-takes-to-the-river-to-promote-flood-response-44147/

Floods a Yearly Trial for Those Living Along Mekong

TBONG KHUM DISTRICT, Kompong Cham province – From November to May, the Mekong River is quiet. So is life for the hundreds of thousands of people who live along its banks, which in Cambodia forms a 155,000 square km basin covering six provinces and Phnom ...

Aun Pheap and Denise Hruby
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/floods-a-yearly-trial-for-those-living-along-mekong-44143/

Thousands Affected by Flooding, More Predicted in Coming Days

Thousands of families continue to be affected by relentless flooding caused by heavy rains and the opening of dams in neighboring Thailand and Vietnam, causing a surge in the Mekong River in Cambodia that has inundated communities along its banks. The floods have claimed at least ...

Ben Sokhean and Lindsey Peterson
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/thousands-affected-by-flooding-more-predicted-in-coming-days-43416/

Storm Kills One, Injures Two, Destroys Homes in Svay Rieng

A storm on Saturday night killed one, badly injured two others and destroyed or damaged hundreds of homes in Svay Rieng province’s Rumduol district, officials said Sunday. Ros Pharith, provincial administration director, said a rainstorm with strong winds hit the prov­ince about 8:30 p.m. [Svay Rieng ...

Ben Sokhean
http://www.cambodiadaily.com/news/storm-kills-one-injures-two-destroys-homes-in-svay-rieng-41560/

Rain, hail kills one, destroy 200 homes

Severe rain and hail storms hit several provinces on Tuesday leaving one person dead, more than 10 injured and nearly 200 houses destroyed or damaged, the National Committee for Disaster Management reported yesterday. ...

Sen David
http://www.phnompenhpost.com/2013053065945/National/rain-hail-kill-one-destroy-200-homes.html

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