Flooding in Cambodia

In the recent months, this country has seen the worst flooding in decades; it's plagued at least 13 of the 24 Cambodian provinces affecting 200,000 families and leaving 164 dead. Several of my peers have had school cancelled until the earliest, Nov., due to the flooding. It's so bad, that the citizens in those communities are using the schools as fishing ponds and even navigating by boat at times. The province of Siem Reap is so flooded that every street in the main part of town is flooded up above one's ankles. As a result of the flooding, the Prime Minister, Hun Sen, has even cancelled Water Festival (one of the biggest holidays in Cambodia) stating that the country needs to focus this current problem. Can you see a little irony in this? Either way, this is a very sad time right now for the countries in the SE Asian region. Thailand and Cambodia have been hit the worst. Thailand has had approximately 240 deaths so far. To add to that, and you wonder how you can make it any worse, I read in the Cambodia Daily that 20-30% of the rice crop has damage or affected in some unfortunate way. Anyhow, let's hope the rainy season ends promptly.

Talk to you soon,

Garrett