Floods In Cambodia Have Killed at Least 45 People in August

By Associated Press / Epoch Times | August 21, 2014

A Cambodian boy walks across a bamboo bridge at the fishing village of Tuol Yey Ma at the Mekong River bank during the rainy season, near Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2014. At least people have been killed by floods during the country's rainy season this year and more than 10,000 families across 12 provinces have been evacuated from their homes to escape rising floodwaters, according to the National Committee for Disaster Management. (AP Photo/Heng Sinith)

PHNOM PENH, Cambodia—Flooding in Cambodia has killed at least 45 people since last month, officials said Thursday.

About 11,500 families have also been forced from their homes by the flash floods along the Mekong River since July 30, the National Committee for Disaster Management said in a report.

The deaths and displacements were caused by heavy rains which have affected 12 provinces in the north and northeast.