The National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) is alerting the people to be vigilant for flash floods. The Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology predicts also that Cambodia may face flooding of the Mekong River this year.
The government has approved a comprehensive disaster risk reduction action plan for 2024–2028, addressing a range of natural and man-made disasters, including floods, storms, droughts, fires and building collapses, many of which have been exacerbated by climate change.
Tropical storm Hilary has inundated streets across Mexico’s dry Baja California peninsula with deadly floodwaters, before moving over southern California, where it has swamped roads and downed trees.
THE National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) is bolstering its emergency and rescue management and services in preparation for storms this rainy season.
Strong winds are likely to hit Cambodia next week as a result of a changing low pressure system moving across the country, and authorities are requesting people to take precautions.
Two drowned, while 12 were injured and 16 rescued in incidents related to storms and gusts that hit 14 provinces in the first three months of the year.
Storms have destroyed 437 houses across nine communes in Banteay Meanchey’s Svay Chek and Thmar Puok districts over the weekend, a provincial report has said.
Powerful winter storms lashed the United States on Wednesday, with heavy snow snarling travel across wide areas, even as unusual warmth was expected in eastern states.
More than 2,000 houses were damaged and five people were injured when storms hit the provinces of Preah Sihanouk and Kampot on Sunday.
At least 1,260 houses in Prey Nob district, Preah Sihanouk were damaged yesterday due to strong winds that hit the district.
The window to rein in climate-wrecking emissions and limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius is fast closing, says a UN report. Societal transformation may be the only way to avoid a coming calamity.
Cambodia will be closing the month of June with heavy rainfall, thunderstorms and strong winds, with storms to also occur.
As storms continue to ravage parts of the country, particularly in the provinces, many residents have experienced damage to their properties. The Cambodian Red Cross is working to meet the needs of those in the areas.
Extreme weather over the past week has wreaked havoc across Cambodia with storms damaging about 60 houses and destroying several others causing injuries to 13 people, but no fatalities.
Thunderstorms rolled across Cambodia in April with lightning strikes that caused the death of six people and injured 14, killed 18 cattle, and damaged or destroyed hundreds of properties in 18 provinces nationwide.
While the country celebrates the Khmer New Year, storms caused by the “La Niña” weather phenomena continue to ravage portions of the country.
Authorities from various provinces reported that many homes were damaged due to the unseasonal storms and rain that hit Cambodia this year.
As storms continues to raze through the country, the military force lent a helping hand to local authorities in repairing homes that were damaged by the strong winds.
Sudden storms struck several areas in this northeastern province on Monday night, and were particularly severe in Non Sung and Phimai, damaging houses, shops and causing power cuts, the provincial office of disaster prevention and mitigation reported.
National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) spokesman Seak Vichet told Khmer Times yesterday that in the first half of this year, 600 houses were completely destroyed or heavily affected by storms while another 4,565 houses were lightly affected.
It looks like Cambodia is going to have lots of rain until July 13 with two tropical storms and southwest monsoon.
On July 3, the Battambang branch of the Cambodian Red Cross donated food and relief packages to 89 families in the province affected by the monsoon storms that have been plaguing the country.
Starting today, a strong southwest monsoon is scheduled to hit Cambodia, bringing moderate to heavy rainfall with coastal provinces to be hard hit.
A woman and a cow died and another four people were seriously injured in two separate lightning strikes in Banteay Meanchey province’s Phnom Srok district.
The Ministry of Water Resources has issued a warning over lightning storms and strong winds in Cambodia between today and May 18.
Last week’s storm became a natural disaster when severe rain and wind gusts destroyed 1,700 houses, schools and other public buildings in the capital and 13 additional provinces.
Two small Western Australian towns suffered “widespread damage” when Cyclone Seroja struck part of the country that rarely experiences tropical storms, emergency services said Monday.
Storms blasting through the southern United States have killed at least two people and injured others with fierce winds that toppled trees, smashed homes and flipped vehicles, authorities said Saturday.
At least 20 people have died in a series of winter storms across the United States.
Ministry urges people living in coastal areas to be vigilant of upcoming storms.
