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Cambodia: Flood: 2002/08/27
GLIDE: FL-2002-000522-KHM
| Period | 2002/08/27 |
|---|---|
| Country or District | Cambodia |
| Event Type | Flood |
| Outline | While southern provinces of Cambodia are still facing severe drought conditions, northeastern, eastern and southwestern provinces located along the Mekong River are now being affected by floods. According to media reports, one million people have been affected by the floods, 14 people have been killed and around 450,000 people have been displaced. |
| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Human Impact | Physical Impact | Others |
| CNN news 2002/08/29 | ||
| Dead: 18 people (most of them children) |
2,155 hectares of crops were affected. |
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Related Links
Report/Articles
CNN news 2002/08/29
In Cambodia, the death toll from two weeks of flooding has risen to 18, most of them children.
OCHA Situation Report No. 1 2002/08/27
northeastern, eastern and southwestern provinces located along the Mekong River are now being affected by floods
Urgent Report from Supporting Members of the Asian Disaster Reduction Center
Information posted by an ADRC Counterpart
Update the Drought and Flood in Cambodia