Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in Kampot, Cambodia

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Heavy Rain Causes Flooding in Kampot, Cambodia

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Kampot, Cambodia News: According to the Ministry of water resources and meteorology, after heavy rain fall from October 19 at night to October 20 in the morning, 100.2 millimeter of water fell, causing flooding.

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What was in the bags that the flood was carrying away?
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Any guesses?
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taabarang wrote: Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:26 pm What was in the bags that the flood was carrying away?
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taabarang wrote: Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:26 pm What was in the bags that the flood was carrying away?
As everything was floating away pretty fast, maybe it was just bags full of empty water bottles. The large number of large 20 lt water bottles might be a clue.
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No mention of the dam collapse in Kirirom with the following flash flood through the village of Chambok this morning? There were some kids missing shortly after, who had gone to the forest with their cows, but everyone are found now.

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I’m glad the headline clarified which Kampot it was (on a Cambodian forum) otherwise I’d be stumped.

Thanks CEOCambodiaNews. :good:
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Kampot: A notice issued on October 20, 2018, by Kampot’s Disaster Management Committee warned that the Kamchay Hydroelectric Power Company’s technical team had opened the doors to release water gradually from the dam on October 20, 2018, and residents close to the dam were asked to be prepared to evacuate in case of emergency…..
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prahocalypse now wrote:
taabarang wrote: Sat Oct 20, 2018 6:26 pm What was in the bags that the flood was carrying away?
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I’m glad the headline clarified which Kampot it was (on a Cambodian forum) otherwise I’d be stumped.
thanks for your pithy contribution,
as usual, a pleasure to approve your normally civil and thoughtful mod preview posts that add so much to the forum
that is why you are on preview.
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