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| Tourists rescued out of flooded area |
September 22, 2011
PHNOM PENH - Nearly 200 tourists including foreigners were airlifted from Cambodia’s famed Angkor temple complex on Thursday after a road to one of the ruins was cut off by flash floods, officials said.
Three helicopters rescued visitors stranded at Banteay Srei, one of hundreds of ancient temples at the World Heritage site, after 16 hours of heavy rain inundated the access road, governor of Siem Reap northwestern province said.
"They were all evacuated to a safe place," Sou Phirin said.
Local district governor Moeung Vuthy told AFP 183 tourists were affected, including nationals from the US, Britain, Germany, China and South Korea.
Large areas of the country have been waterlogged in recent days, with rivers bursting their banks and flooding across towns and thousands of hectares of rice paddies.
Cambodia’s ministry of water resources and meteorology warned on Thursday that a low-pressure system developing over northern Cambodia would bring more heavy floods in coming days.
Angkor is described by UNESCO as "one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia" and contains the ruins of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
Three helicopters rescued visitors stranded at Banteay Srei, one of hundreds of ancient temples at the World Heritage site, after 16 hours of heavy rain inundated the access road, governor of Siem Reap northwestern province said.
"They were all evacuated to a safe place," Sou Phirin said.
Local district governor Moeung Vuthy told AFP 183 tourists were affected, including nationals from the US, Britain, Germany, China and South Korea.
Large areas of the country have been waterlogged in recent days, with rivers bursting their banks and flooding across towns and thousands of hectares of rice paddies.
Cambodia’s ministry of water resources and meteorology warned on Thursday that a low-pressure system developing over northern Cambodia would bring more heavy floods in coming days.
Angkor is described by UNESCO as "one of the most important archaeological sites in South-East Asia" and contains the ruins of the different capitals of the Khmer Empire from the 9th to the 15th centuries.
5 comments:
Cambodian govt need to buy new helicopter...the big one for transportation..
Actually, Cambodia does have a few huge Russian made Mil-26 Halo that can carry up to 90 passengers and can lift load up to 20 tons. It's the world biggest helicopter in production to be exact. The bad thing is, those helicopters are sitting at Pochentong Internatianal Airport being display as war-museum pieces. What the government need to do is refurbish these Mil-26 to flying condition and put them to service for humanitarian aid relief and heavy lifting military transport.
I felt uncomfort...when i see this old choppers carrying people, it may break apart in the mid sky or something? I agree, the government must do something about getting new helicopters...that can carry a big big load...transport tank, bulldozer, trucks etc...when we have emergency-911 call!
Where ta fuck is money..? Because corrupted officials clean all up...$500 millions of dollars gone without trace...?
They need to recover thos money back...asap!
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