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Cambodia is among the to countries worldwide predicted to be highly affected by global warming.
November 4, 2011
By Windsor Genova
International Business Times
Myanmar airlifted Thursday eight tons of emergency relief goods to Cambodia, which is suffering the same flood miseries for months as neighboring Thailand.
A military aircraft brought the relief goods consisting of noodles and bottled water to Phnom Penh’s Airbase, according to Nhim Vanda, the first vice president of Cambodia’s National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM).
Ambassador of Myanmar to Cambodia Cho Htun Aung said Myanmar is providing assistance in sympathy to the government and people of Cambodia.
About one-third of Cambodia, including 18 cities, have been submerged in flood waters since August. The disaster has killed 250 people and affected 1.5 million of the country’s 15 million population. Damages to rice paddies and roads were estimated at $520 million, the NCDM said, according to Xinhua.
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The government continues to distribute relief goods to flood victims.
The charity Disadvantaged Cambodians Organisation has supplied medical care, rice, instant noodles, canned fish and bottled water to some 3,400 families. The goods were bought using money donated by a Hong Kong resident.
Monsoon rains have flooded parts of Thailand since July and has reached the suburbs of the capital Bangkok. Flood-related deaths numbered 307 while affected people numbered 2.3 million. Damage to crops was estimated at $5.1 billion as of October.
Seven major industrial estates were submerged under 3 metres of water.
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