DPA
Phnom Penh - Ten people have died in Cambodia after tropical storm Ketsana swept west from Vietnam into Cambodia overnight, a senior government official said Wednesday.
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith told the German Press Agency dpa that nine people died and 12 were injured in Kampong Thom province north of the capital Phnom Penh. Thirty homes were destroyed in the province.
He added that a man died in the north-eastern province of Ratanakkiri when a tree was toppled by high winds and fell on him.
Khieu Kanharith said the storm had moved further west and was causing heavy rain in the tourist town of Siem Reap - home to the famous Angkor temples - but said no further deaths or injuries had been reported.
'The Cambodian Red Cross will take action in cooperation with the National Committee for Disaster Management [to provide help to those affected],' Khieu Kanharith said.
Ketsana made landfall in central Vietnam on Tuesday causing at least 31 deaths and widespread flooding before heading west into Cambodia. It had earlier caused severe damage and hundreds of deaths in the Philippines.
Information Minister Khieu Kanharith told the German Press Agency dpa that nine people died and 12 were injured in Kampong Thom province north of the capital Phnom Penh. Thirty homes were destroyed in the province.
He added that a man died in the north-eastern province of Ratanakkiri when a tree was toppled by high winds and fell on him.
Khieu Kanharith said the storm had moved further west and was causing heavy rain in the tourist town of Siem Reap - home to the famous Angkor temples - but said no further deaths or injuries had been reported.
'The Cambodian Red Cross will take action in cooperation with the National Committee for Disaster Management [to provide help to those affected],' Khieu Kanharith said.
Ketsana made landfall in central Vietnam on Tuesday causing at least 31 deaths and widespread flooding before heading west into Cambodia. It had earlier caused severe damage and hundreds of deaths in the Philippines.
5 comments:
May God blesses all the poor souls and may their spirits be in peace with God forever and ever. Amem
Anywhere anyplace gotting flood not only in Cambodia,so you don't say poor or rich have to becareful about that.It is the way we talk to our khmer people.Not only the poor people died and the rich people can't died you are wrong.You always said to the government so you are so jealusing like the jellow shirt of Siems people.
912, you're an idiot.
cAN YOU AT LEAST MAKE YOUR MOTHER PROUD SOME TIME? STUPID!
Maybe if you shut your mouth more, maybe then you'll appear to be more intelligence. The first poster did not say anything about poor or rich people. Read it again! The "poor" word he used in this case is a sympathetic gesture toward the deceased.
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