AFP
Typhoon Ketsana has killed at least 11 people in northeastern and central Cambodia, officials say.
Nine were killed and 28 injured in central Cambodia while two died in the northeast overnight as the country was battered by the storm, officials said on Wednesday.
"At least nine people were crushed last night when their houses fell down," said Chea Cheat, chief of the Red Cross office in central Kampong Thom province.
Chea Cheat added that at least 78 houses in his province were destroyed Tuesday evening and that heavy rain and rising floods were continuing.
At least 277 were killed in the Philippines and Vietnam as Ketsana wreaked havoc across the region.
International organisations and government officials in Cambodia said they were distributing tents and food to affected people while assessing damage across at least five of the country’s provinces.
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