Informes

At least 100 people are known dead and tens of thousands have been forced to abandon their homes as the rising waters of the Mekong River combined with violent tropical storms bring potential catastrophe to the Mekong region. Already,…

Situation The American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) is accepting financial contributions to assist victims of recent severe flooding that hit vast areas of Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, and Thailand. The flooding along the lower Mekong that has affected nearly four million people,…

The water level in the Mekong river, which flows through Cambodia and Vietnam, is at its highest since 1929. This has been caused by the early arrival of monsoon rains, which are normally due in May, but which this…

Trapeang Mean Village, Cambodia (dpa) - Serious drought is threatening many of Cambodia's rural villages, some of them located within only 20 or 30 kilometres of areas devastated by recent floods, officials said Tuesday. While some areas of the country's…

In July, heavy monsoon rains hitting Cambodia 45 days earlier than usual resulted in severe flooding along the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers. Receiving twice the average seasonal rainfall, Cambodia is faced with severe flooding that has already taken…

Cambodia's National Route Six has emerged as a lifesaver from the floods that have wrought havoc in many provinces. Several families and their cattle have found the elevated road - which runs from Phnom Penh to the country's largest…

SEATTLE - World Vision is distributing food, medicine and other emergency aid in Vietnam and Cambodia in response to the worst floods to hit Southeast Asia in seven decades. Since July, Mekong River floodwaters have submerged tens of thousands…

HANOI (Reuters) - Water levels in the worst floods to hit Vietnam's Mekong Delta for decades appear to have stabilized, and are receding in parts of Cambodia and Thailand, but the death toll has risen to 339 in those…

Cambodia and Vietnam floods The water level in the Mekong river, which flows through Cambodia and Vietnam, is at its highest since 1929. This has been caused by the early arrival of monsoon rains, which are normally due in May,…

Vietnam, Cambodia, Thailand and Loas have been struck by the worst floods along the Mekong Delta since 1961. CRS/Vietnam staff member Nguyen Thi traveled to affected areas in Vietnam and reports, "The damage is much worse than initially presumed.…