First I found the video so I looked for media coverage - on Xinhua has given it any coverage.
Cambodia's
flood kills 28, affect 73,600 families
Floods
has killed at least 28 people, including 16 children, and affected
73,600 families in Cambodia in the last two weeks, a disaster control
official said Sunday.
29
September, 2013
Some
7,900 families have been forced to flee their houses for higher
grounds as more than 62,000 houses, 385 schools and 245 Buddhist
pagodas are inundated, Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of the National
Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said.
Ten
out of the kingdom's 24 cities and provinces are being hit by the
Mekong River and flash floods, he said.
"As
water still continue to rise, there will be more people affected and
evacuated in coming days," he told Xinhua.
He
said tourism city Siem Reap-Angkor is also being hit by flash floods
due to heavy rainfall in the last two days, but floodwaters may not
last for long time.
Prime
Minister Hun Sen on Friday ordered authorities to closely monitor
flood situation and prepare to evacuate affected people to safe
grounds.
He
said the impact of low pressure system and tropical storm Wutip has
been causing heavy rainfall in the Mekong River basin and in
Cambodia.
"The
government would like to advise concerned ministries and authorities
to be on high alert and prepare rescue measures to evacuate people to
safe grounds so that fatalities and property damage by floods will be
reduced," he said in a directive.
Floods
usually hit Cambodia between August and October. In 2011, the country
was hit the worst from floods, killing up to 250 people, according to
the NCDM.
Last
year, floods killed only 14 people.
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