2009-10-20
(Posted by CAAI news Media)
PHNOM PENH, Oct. 20 (Xinhua) -- Cambodia's National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) gave an initial estimation at last weekend's meeting that Typhoon Ketsana, which hit Cambodia recently, claimed 35 lives and cost 41 million U.S. dollars in damages, official news agency AKP reported on Tuesday.
The meeting was attended by governors, deputy governors from 11provinces affected by the storm in late September, and officials from the involved ministries, departments and institutions.
According to AKP, officials from the 11 Ketsana-hit provinces Kampong Thom, Rattanakiri, Preah Vihear, Kampong Cham, Kratie, Banteay Meanchey, Oddar Meanchey, Siem Reap, Mondulkiri, Stung Treng and Kampot submitted their reports individually on the devastating case to the meeting, bringing the initial damage of rice fields and roads to 41 million U.S. dollars, while the dead toll is up to 35 people, of them 20 have been found dead in Kampong Thom, four in Rattanakiri, five in Kampong Cham, four in Siem Reap and two in Kampot.
Kampong Thom province was the hardest affected by the typhoon, said a representative from the Ministry of Water Resource and Meteorology.
The estimated assessment of the damage should be compiled into a proper document for the emergency request of assistance, Nhem Vanda, NCDM first vice president, who presided over the meeting was quoted by AKP as saying. Some donors, including the World Bank, the Disaster Committee of ASEAN and Japan, etc. have expressed their willingness to provide aid for the victims, he said.
Editor: Anne Tang
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