PHNOM PENH, Sept. 17 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 Cambodians died in flooding that was caused by heavy rain falls just in a week, a Cambodian government official said Saturday.
Keo Vy, communication officer of National Committee for Disaster Management said from Sept. 10 through 16, at least 14 Cambodians have died in the flooding that had hit the country following heavy rain falls.
He said the country's central province of Kompong Thom was recorded with the highest death toll of 11, with five of them were children.
Kompong Thom is a gateway of water flows from the upper part of the country to Tonle Sap Lake, the largest water reservoir in the country.
According to Keo Vy, two other girls and a boy died in two other provinces of Preah Vihear and Siem Reap as they were drown in flood water.
However, he said the water level is gradually down by Saturday morning in the upper part of the country, though the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology warned in the early day of the week that flooding will again hit the country through the end of the month.
The warning was specifically pinpointing to the area located along Mekong River which it flows down from Thailand and Laos.
Millions of Cambodian people are living in the seven out of 24 provinces and cities in the country that are lying along the Mekong River.
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