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Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 11 people in northeastern and central Cambodia, officials say.
Nine were killed and 28 injured in central Cambodia while two died in the northeast overnight as the country was battered by the storm, officials said on Wednesday.
"At least nine people were crushed last night when their houses fell down," said Chea Cheat, chief of the Red Cross office in central Kampong Thom province.
Chea Cheat added that at least 78 houses in his province were destroyed Tuesday evening and that heavy rain and rising floods were continuing.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their inundated homes, Ray Rai, police chief of northeastern Ratanakiri province, told AFP.
Seth Vannareth, director of Cambodia's department of meteorology, said Cambodians were experiencing high flooding but the storm's high winds were decreasing as it moved over the country.
"It will be not very strong anymore. It is not a typhoon anymore," she said.
International organisations and government officials in Cambodia said they were distributing tents and food to affected people while assessing damage across at least five of the country's provinces.
At least 284 were killed in the Philippines and Vietnam as Ketsana wreaked havoc across the region.
The typhoon slammed into Vietnam on Tuesday, killing dozens of people during floods and landslides that caused almost 170,000 people to flee their homes, officials said.
At least 246 had died in the Philippines when Ketsana, then a weaker tropical storm, devastated Manila at the weekend.
Nine were killed and 28 injured in central Cambodia while two died in the northeast overnight as the country was battered by the storm, officials said on Wednesday.
"At least nine people were crushed last night when their houses fell down," said Chea Cheat, chief of the Red Cross office in central Kampong Thom province.
Chea Cheat added that at least 78 houses in his province were destroyed Tuesday evening and that heavy rain and rising floods were continuing.
Thousands of people have been evacuated from their inundated homes, Ray Rai, police chief of northeastern Ratanakiri province, told AFP.
Seth Vannareth, director of Cambodia's department of meteorology, said Cambodians were experiencing high flooding but the storm's high winds were decreasing as it moved over the country.
"It will be not very strong anymore. It is not a typhoon anymore," she said.
International organisations and government officials in Cambodia said they were distributing tents and food to affected people while assessing damage across at least five of the country's provinces.
At least 284 were killed in the Philippines and Vietnam as Ketsana wreaked havoc across the region.
The typhoon slammed into Vietnam on Tuesday, killing dozens of people during floods and landslides that caused almost 170,000 people to flee their homes, officials said.
At least 246 had died in the Philippines when Ketsana, then a weaker tropical storm, devastated Manila at the weekend.
2 comments:
May God blesses all the poor souls and may their spirits be in peace with God forever and ever. Amem
Hun Insane took advantage of the Typhoon to kill those poor Cambodian people and said, the Typhoon did it....
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