ABC Radio Australia
The death toll in Cambodia is at least 17 after Typhoon Ketsana swept through the country.
But the National Committee for Disaster Management believes that number is likely to increase still further.
Ketsana caused widespread flooding in Cambodia, destroying homes and crops, and displacing thousands of families.
It passed through after earlier battering Vietnam and the Philippines, where hundreds of people died.
Relief effort
The American military says hundreds of its troops are involved in the flood relief effort in the Philippines.
Officials say marines and sailors posted in the Manila area have been helping to clear roads, deliver supplies and provide basic medical care.
The capital has been hard hit area by two typhoons and flood water has been slow to recede.
Gwendoline Pang, of the Philippine Red Cross, says continuing bad weather is hampering progress.
"In the evacuation centres, it's so congested, and they've been there for more than a week already, almost two weeks. Also the clean-up effort is becoming very challenging, because before we can clean up the area, another typhoon is coming again," said Ms. Pang.
But the National Committee for Disaster Management believes that number is likely to increase still further.
Ketsana caused widespread flooding in Cambodia, destroying homes and crops, and displacing thousands of families.
It passed through after earlier battering Vietnam and the Philippines, where hundreds of people died.
Relief effort
The American military says hundreds of its troops are involved in the flood relief effort in the Philippines.
Officials say marines and sailors posted in the Manila area have been helping to clear roads, deliver supplies and provide basic medical care.
The capital has been hard hit area by two typhoons and flood water has been slow to recede.
Gwendoline Pang, of the Philippine Red Cross, says continuing bad weather is hampering progress.
"In the evacuation centres, it's so congested, and they've been there for more than a week already, almost two weeks. Also the clean-up effort is becoming very challenging, because before we can clean up the area, another typhoon is coming again," said Ms. Pang.
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