Diminished early rains predicted

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Bun Sengkong

Cambodia can expect a slow start to this year’s monsoon, with heavier rainfall expected only in the second half of the rainy season, according to a Ministry of Meteorology prediction released yesterday.

Set to kick off in the second week of May, the monsoon will be subdued till August, after which it will reach medium-to-high amounts of rainfall, the notification reads.

Chan Yutha, spokesman for the Ministry of Water and Meteorology, said that while low rainfall early on could cause a shortage of water, the bigger concern was the rice planting season, which usually begins in May.

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[Torrens54]

We got about 32 DROPS of it in the Rimping, Hang Dong Car Park about 4:20 pm Friday.

Daughter and I made a dash for the car, commented that we could "Smell" the Rain... then it STOPPED!