Record rainfall floods capital, causes chaos

Phnom Penh residents spent two days pelted by record heavy rainfall, which caused flooding along major boulevards, forcing vehicles to stop and stall, and in some cases drivers couldn’t restart their cars, with strong winds blowing down trees and billboards, and damaging property.

On Friday, strong winds and heavy rainfall also knocked down billboards on Street 2004, injuring a Tuk Tuk driver, while trees blown over by the weather damaged houses, but no other injuries were reported.

National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM) spokesman Soth Kimkolmony said yesterday that for two consecutive days from June 10-11, heavy rain dumped enough water on some areas in the capital to register record water levels of 111 millmetres for the two days. Some places were impassable to all traffic. Kimkolmony added that the storms and water over the past two days hadn’t damaged people’s homes, but had damaged many retail outlets.

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