A spokesman for the National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), Seak Vichet on Friday said flash floods in Cambodia had left 39 people dead and forced evacuations of 46,216 people.
Vichet said seasonal rains, exacerbated by tropical storms, had caused floods in 19 of the kingdom’s 25 cities and provinces since the beginning of the month, adding that 483,140 people had also been affected.
“As of Thursday evening, the floods have killed 39 people. The worst-hit provinces included Banteay Meanchey, Pursat, Battambang and Kampong Thom as well as the southwestern suburb of Phnom Penh.”
The spokesman said the floods had also submerged 111,354 houses and 316,469 hectares of rice and other crops.
Floods usually hit Cambodia between August and October.
In 2019, Mekong River and flash floods claimed 30 lives as storms killed eight people and injured 131 others, according to the NCDM. Xinhua
