Tropical storm Nari, which made landfall in the Philippines on October12 and is approaching Vietnam, is forecast to bring torrential rain to13 of Cambodia’s 24 cities and provinces from October 16-18.
TheMinistry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a warning tofishermen and cruise ships of possible rising water levels in the MekongRiver.
Over the past four weeks, floods have taken the lives of 122 people and affected 1.5 million others across the country.
It damaged 250,000 hectares of rice fields and more than 400 kilometres of roads in 20 cities and provinces nationwide.
As many as 22,000 families have evacuated to higher land.-VNA
TheMinistry of Water Resources and Meteorology has issued a warning tofishermen and cruise ships of possible rising water levels in the MekongRiver.
Over the past four weeks, floods have taken the lives of 122 people and affected 1.5 million others across the country.
It damaged 250,000 hectares of rice fields and more than 400 kilometres of roads in 20 cities and provinces nationwide.
As many as 22,000 families have evacuated to higher land.-VNA
