Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata
The water level at all measuring stations on the Mekong River will continue to rise in the next 3 to 4 days, and it could reach a warning level at some stations. Mao Hak, director of the water department of the Ministry of Water Resources, told the Rasmei Kampuchea newspaper on Monday the water level in Mekong River will continue to rise in the next few days. Mao Hak said that if the water level will keep on rising in the next few days, at some measuring stations, it will reach a level where people living along the river shore will have to pay attention to the danger lurking from the water level rise. Measuring stations on the Tonle Bassac-Chaktokmouk, will continue to register a water level rise in the next few days. According to forecast, the Mekong River water level could rise up to 10.45-meter this year in Phnom Penh. This is considered as a warning water level for Phnom Penh city.
4 comments:
To thank to the Vietcong dam for allowing the water level to rise!
Okay, I hope people start to learn how to swim and plan to evacuate. We must do this because it will never end.
Anyway, the rising Mekong is a blessing. From it, we'll have surplus goods to relieve us from poverty. I wouldn't curse this blessing if I were you. You might just end up with a drought that wipe out the entire population with famines and diseases. Got the idea?
Such a weird logic 2:01PM! What surplus goods from Mekong? Is Mekong a factory? You absolutely have no idea!
People prepare for an emergency rescue in anticipation of a major flood, and you see that would be a blessing. Ordinary city people cannot just pop into somebody's swimming pool and learn how to swim. You have to pay a monthly subscription, which is beyond the reach of most people, to the hotel or sports centre that has a swimming pool. In rural areas, only those people who live along the river can swim well but there are still reported cases of death by drowning and diseases.
Flooding in a major city would be a catastrophe as it could also bring water-borne diseases and cause a cholera outbreak. Sewage canals would be overflowed and contaminated water would affect those residents living on the ground floor. Food prices will go up and the damages to the infrastructure would be incalculable. Now, you know something!
Wrong, the excessive water in Cambodia are blessing from the heaven, not a plague. It doesn't spread the diseases, that is something man made. The flood help spread fishes and minerals from the mekong to the rice field and pond that fertilized and enriched our food supplies. Without such it will cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of synthetic fertilizers ... that is not nearly as good. If you examined our record, you will find that the overall amount of rice we produced varied according with the amount of water we get from heaven. And sure, it causes negative impact in some area, but the good is far outweigh the bad.
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