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- Flooding in Siem Reap (Image by Chhorvy Sun)
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- Flooding at Preak Dom Bong primary school (Image by Chhorvy Sun)
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- Flood damaged thousands of houses and commune places while the numbers of dead people by flooding keep increasing. (By Ung Mengyean)
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- Roads are covered by flood which makes troubles for transportation. Many people concern about the unforesee dangers during driving on the flood roads. (By Ung Mengyean)
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- School are closed and became the quiet places. The schedule of schooling are delayed till the flood is donw. (By Ung Mengyean)
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- The Road are damage by flooding, and it needs more burget to innovate for becoming normal condition. (By Ung Mengyean)
Man is strong, he can create modern technology, but recently he has been hit by natural disaster. Some countries along the Mekong River — Cambodia, Thailand and China — are challenged with natural flooding. This year, Cambodia has become a victim of flooding which has left over a hundred people dead, and thousands of households destroyed.
Flooding has devastated Cambodia, killing 178 people and causing an estimated US$90 to 95 million in damages as of 6th October. The flood has hit 165,619 households and affected 231,044 families, 1,053 schools, 434 pagodas, 76 health care centers, 304,469 hectares of rice fields, and 10,535 hectares of other crops. The Cambodian authorities are working to find out the exact datas of victims, households, and costing which are damaged by flood 2011.
On 13 October Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen cancelled the annual National Cambodian Water Festival. The amount money which was planned for the festival will be returned to help victims of the floods.
As of 13 October, the death toll has increased to 248 while the flood has damaged 390,000 hectares (16%) of rice fields, threatening about 190,000 hectares (7,74%) of land.
The government, non-government organisations and other generous groups are working closely to provide support for the victims.
About the Author
[...] by Chân Sovannara Available at SEA Youth Say So [...]
[...] Chan Sovannara also writes about the flooding disaster Man is strong, he can create modern technology, but recently he has been hit by natural disaster. Some countries along the Mekong River — Cambodia, Thailand and China — are challenged with natural flooding. This year, Cambodia has become a victim of flooding which has left over a hundred people dead, and thousands of households destroyed. [...]
[...] Chan Sovannara also writes about the flooding disaster Man is strong, he can create modern technology, but recently he has been hit by natural disaster. Some countries along the Mekong River — Cambodia, Thailand and China — are challenged with natural flooding. This year, Cambodia has become a victim of flooding which has left over a hundred people dead, and thousands of households destroyed. [...]
[...] Chan Sovannara also writes about the flooding disaster Man is strong, he can create modern technology, but recently he has been hit by natural disaster. Some countries along the Mekong River — Cambodia, Thailand and China — are challenged with natural flooding. This year, Cambodia has become a victim of flooding which has left over a hundred people dead, and thousands of households destroyed. [...]
[...] Chan Sovannaraも今回の洪水被害について書いている。 人間は強く、現代技術を作り上げる。しかし昨今自然災害に見舞われている。メコン川周辺の国々、カンボジア・タイ・中国は洪水に対峙している。今年、カンボジアは洪水の被害にあい100人以上が死亡し多くの家屋が崩壊された。 [...]