Kammekor wrote:

bolueeleh wrote: ↑Wed Jul 25, 2018 9:28 am shld be a controlled release, hope these idiots dun juz open the floodgates

Given the amount of rain over the last three/four weeks I would be surprised if there has not been a constant 'controlled' release going for quite some time. The river must have been quite high already.

The problem seems to be this specific (extra?) release, but also the fact (illegal?) logs were stored on the riverbanks and washed away with the flood. As usual there's no a simple cause to explain this event.

Yep the dams have been letting said constant, controlled water out for a couple of weeks now. Looking at my rainfall records, I see the 15th, in particular, we had a big rain, all part of 23 days straight rain
That, and the fact KK gets a LOT more rain than we do, may well have lead to an " emergency " situation, where they had no choice but to dump more, fast.


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Dam operator blamed as surge damages resort
July 25, 2018
The owner of the 4 River Floating Lodge in Koh Kong province yesterday accused a Chinese company of seriously damaging the hotel by opening a dam gate and sending a wall of water and broken logs downriver.

Hotel owner Valentin Pawlik said that on the morning of July 17, the iconic lodge was damaged by the sudden water surge caused by the opening of the reservoir gates by the Cambodian Tatai Hydropower company.

[However,] the hotel said that on July 17 an enormous wave of water came from the dam carrying huge logs that pounded the lodge structure.

“We later found out that the water flow increased violently, raising the water level more than 1.5 metres in less than two hours, because the hydropower company opened its reservoir,” it said.

Zhao Wenheng, deputy general manager of Cambodian Tatai Hydropower, said in a press release that he released the water because it endangered the dam’s safety. This was a normal operation, he said.

Mr Zhao said that he sent a letter to Electricite Du Cambodge that morning, informing them that the company had opened the gates.
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50515220/d ... es-resort/

Wow,this is a major rain event. In ten years I don’t remember Highway 4 or 3 being so flooded before. The dams are obviously a big problem but this is no surprise. Hydro power is old technology that is so destructive in every way.

Why having floating Bungalows there was maybe not a good idea......



link: https://en.climate-data.org/location/36 ... mate-graph

That area gets over 1600 mm of rain in July and August only, that's over 1.6 meter. And that's a 30 year average, not an extreme year like this one. For comparison, London gets about 110 mm in the same time frame, Phnom Penh about 320 mm, Kampot about 800 mm.

Just imagine what 1600 mm of rain in 60 days does to the water level in the river.

Stung Treng: The new Sen Chey bridge close to the Laos border, in Siem Pang district, Stung Treng province has collapsed due to the heavy rains.

The 260m long bridge was only opened this year, 2018. It was a project of the Ministry of Rural Development and built by the Army Corps.

I am pretty sure the dam that collapsed in Laos yesterday made quite a contribution too.....

All the water from the Laos disaster is going through the Se Kong river now, last night the water level in Siem Pang already went up 50 cm. Must be a lot more now.

Kammekor wrote:Why having floating Bungalows there was maybe not a good idea......



link: https://en.climate-data.org/location/36 ... mate-graph

That area gets over 1600 mm of rain in July and August only, that's over 1.6 meter. And that's a 30 year average, not an extreme year like this one. For comparison, London gets about 110 mm in the same time frame, Phnom Penh about 320 mm, Kampot about 800 mm.

Just imagine what 1600 mm of rain in 60 days does to the water level in the river.

^this.
And of course the dams obstructing natural flows attempt to deal with this natural force, in a kind of, weak, pathetic, human way.
Fuckin smart monkeys!

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Evacuating villagers in Stung Treng province, 5pm, 25 July 2018.





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Tatay Hydropower denies destroying iconic hotel
July 26, 2018
The owner of the 4 Rivers Floating Lodge, a floating hotel on the Tatai river in Koh Kong province, yesterday retracted its accusation that Chinese-owned Tatay Hydropower Company was responsible for the destruction of its lodgings during the floods last week.

On Tuesday, general manager Valentin Pawlik said the Chinese-owned company failed to raise an alert about the opening of its flood gates, which it claimed led to the destruction due to flash floods.

In a signed statement yesterday, Mr Pawlik withdrew his claims and said that management will instead focus on rebuilding the iconic hotel rather than fighting for compensation from the company.

“Upon obtaining further data from Tatay Hydropower Company, we understand the incident was mainly caused by torrential rains, not by the normal release of water from the dam,” he said. “We will not pursue any liability and instead will focus on rebuilding a safer and better water hotel.”
https://www.khmertimeskh.com/50515653/t ... nic-hotel/