Floods

[crazyjohn]

I hear the flooding is bad In Kandal Province. About a metre of water over the block on the banks of the Bassac. Same as 2011.
Australian TV reporting 11 dead in Phnom Penh. I find this hard to believe. Are the usual old places flooded like the Kandal Market?
How much rain has there actually been?

[Alexandra]

[1984]

It's 11 dead across 11 different provinces in the local news.

[logos]

Pretty bad everywhere

[Lucky Lucan]

Combined with the garbage strike some areas looked horrendous. Luckily my area never floods but I saw some footage of the "Stung Meanchey" or Meanchey Creek and there was tons of garbage floating down it. I'll see if I can manage to post it.

[erictheking]

I used to live past Wat Phnom and we didn't get too much up there, but those pictures remind me of what it was like when we got closer to town after a heavy downpour.

Why does it get so bad though? Is just it down to inadequate drainage systems?

[Lucky Lucan]

It was a partly heavy and long storm. The drains aren't designed for that sort of deluge. It usually goes down within a few hours. Some areas are very low lying and flood more, especially outside the main dykes.

[techietraveller84]

Does this mean the drought is over and everyone's going to forget concerns about dams upriver on the Mekong?

[Guest5]

The last 3 rainy seasons have been almost nonexistent. This year is a proper one finally. Certainly a lot cooler which is a godsend. Still, it's nothing compared to Myanmar or Indonesia's monsoon seasons.

[frigidaire]

It's not a proper rainy season at all. The water level of the Mekong has been far below the average and for the most of September even below the all time minimum. Only now, it's a little above the average at least in the northern sectors, but this rainfall of the last two weeks is too late in the season to make up for the drought this year so far.

[Alexandra]

[tgylyjov]

Anybody have access to rainfall figures to date for 2020?

Can't find anything

[Michael Trey]

Anybody have access to rainfall figures to date for 2020?

Can't find anything

January-September= Fuck all

October- Shit loads

[ផោមក្លិនស្អុយ]

I'll be working from home next few days.
Yesterday had a too long motorbike ride through too deep dirty water. This morning I went an alternative route with seemingly the rest of PP traffic. A 5km journey took one hour 15 mins on motorbike. Easily doubled if travelling by car.
Short of lacing up my trainers and running to the office I won't be going.