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Businesses in Siem Reap Suffer Losses Because of Floods

by sidet on October 3, 2011

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Businesses in Siem Reap Suffer Losses Because of FloodsSandbags lined the entrances to most of the hotels and souvenir shops here is the protective barrier against floods that have left the country’s main tourist destination waterlogged from more than a week. Guesthouse and shop owners said the floods had forced them to shut their businesses a week ago, and thoug most are now starting to reopen, tractors still plowed through streets that looked more like streams on Friday. [Read full article…]

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Tonle Sap’s Diminishing Flooded Forest Currently Being Replanted

February 25, 2011 Disaster

To counter farmers clearing the flooded forest ringing. Tonle Sap lak, government and fishery community officials said that they had started replanting tree in the floodplains of Kompng Thom province. Nao Thuok, director of the fishery administration, said that the new forest was required to help save fish habitats and that fisheries officials planned to [...]

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Floods Lead to Food Shortage for Thousands

November 16, 2010 Disaster

More than 22,000 families in 14 provinces are facing a food shortage because of flooding brought on by storms last month, which destroyed about 24,000 hectares of rice and other crop, according to a revised government assessment of the flood damage release. Three more deaths were also reported because of the floods, bringing the total [...]

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Please Donate Today – Pakistan Flood Appeal

November 1, 2010 Disaster

  Millions of families in Pakistan have escaped the devastating floods with nothing but the clothes on their back. They urgently require your help. Donate generously to the Express Helpline Trust. Every donation counts. Make a direct deposit to: EXPRESS HELPLINE TRUST Account Number: 0056 7900 2713 03 Swift Code: HABBPKKA Habib Bank Limited, Clifton [...]

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Flood Caused $70 Million In Damage, Official Says

October 20, 2010 Disaster

Storms that drenched 13 provinces over the past 10 days caused an estimated $70 million in damages, destroyed thousands of hectares of rice paddy and killed at least eight people, official said yesterday. “The first cost estimate may be almost half of last year’s destruction caused by Typhoon Ketsana, which as $131 million,” Nhim Vanda, [...]

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Rains Drench Several Provinces; More to Come

October 12, 2010 Disaster

Heavy rains have pummeled coastal and low-lying areas of the country over the past two days, leading to flooding in Phnom Penh and a missing fisherman off the coast of Preah Sihanouk province. The rains, which began in full force on Sunday, are expected to last through tomorrow and bear down most heavily on Kompong [...]

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Storm To Bring Rains, Wind To Northern Cambodia

August 25, 2010 Disaster

After striking Vietnam’s central coast yesterday, tropical storm Mindulle is expected to bring new heavy rain to Cambodia’s northern provinces today and tomorrow, officials from the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology said. Oum Ryan, deputy director of the meteorology department, said Mindullle ould bring downpours, but added, “The winds will be strong but not [...]

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Stung Treng Family Suffer Food Shortage From Typhoon

July 22, 2010 Disaster

Around 200 families in a commune in Stung Treng province’s Sesan distrit are facing an acute food shortage after losing much of their harvest and food stocks in Typhoon Ketsana last year, a representative of the villagers said yesterday. A district official, however, played down the seriousness of Sesan district’s food situation. Pai Thnong Nhut, [...]

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