Kampong Thom flooding in Cambodia affects 474 hectares of rice

Director of the ministry’s rice department, Kong Kea, inspects damage to rice fields in Otasek village in Kampong Thom province’s Kampong Kor commune last week. - Photo: Agriculture Ministry

PHNOM PENH: At least 13 communes in five districts of Kampong Thom have been affected by flooding, which has inundated over 470 hectares of rice fields in the province.

Communes in Kampong Svay, Stung Sen, Prasat Sambor, Sandan and Baray districts have been hit, with a total of 340 families impacted, according to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries on Wednesday (July 24).