The Associated Press
PHNOM PENH, Cambodia - Officials in northeastern Cambodia have used helicopters to evacuate foreign tourists trapped by flash floods while visiting a famous centuries-old temple.
District official Mom Vuthy says nearly 200 tourists were moved Thursday from the 10th-century Banteay Srey temple to high ground before being flown to a nearby town by three helicopters.
He said the group included tourists from South Korea, the United States, France, Britain and Russia.
The temple is just 30 kilometers from the Angkor Wat temple complex, one of Asia's greatest landmarks.
Mom Vuthy said the flooding also forced thousands of area residents to abandon their homes for high ground.
2 comments:
No f-ing way would I get on this helo! pilot and the mentenace to the helo! =crash!
Khmer RacerX, DC
will Ankor stand longer interm of environment change because of deforestation!
Ah Kwack is not destroying only Cambodia but the world!!!!
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