Flash floods cause chaos in Sihanoukville, one death

Flash floods in Preah Sihanouk’s Sihanoukville caused the death of an Indonesian man and destroyed public and private property on Tuesday night. Sihanoukville governor Ey Sokleng told Khmer Times that the floods resulted from heavy rainfall from 5pm to 8pm and it took around one or two hours for the water to recede into canals.

He said during the heavy rain the Indonesian man was walking across a bridge in Buon commune’s Buon village when strong winds blew his umbrella into the canal. Sokleng said the man tried to retrieve it but strong currents carried him away.

“Preah Sihanouk provincial authorities found the body of the Indonesian man who was in his 30s around 11am yesterday about five kilometres from the bridge,” he said. Preah Sihanouk Provincial police chief Major General Chuon Narin said yesterday that another man in Pi commune was also swept away by strong currents during Tuesday’s floods but he was immediately rescued by the authorities.

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