• Kg. Speu: The heavy rain fall started at evening time of 13/08/06 to 14/08/06.
• Kampot: Flooded since 16 August 2006 that affected 5 districts, 92 communes, 482 villages until 17 August 2006 evening the flood was receded and able to travel in town.
• Battambang, Pursat and Kg. Thom: on 16/08/06, Sangke, Pursat and Stung Sen River were full of water and flow into the market and provincial office. 17/0806 the flood was receded.
• Kep City.: Affected 2 district and 10 communes and one dam was damaged. The road # 4 from Phnom Penh to Sihanouk Ville has been prohibited crossing (big trucks) from evening of 17 August 2006.
• Koh Kong: National Road Nº 4 around Stung Samrong area was flooded (flood level 2.6m). Can not travel for 4 days till 17/08/06. The access was allowed for small car only.

Phnom Sruoch district was affected in some communes and villages. Banghear Peam Poul dam in Chambak commune was 80% damaged that cause strong flow into Prek Thnot River and into 7 Makara dam in Kandal Stung distrit, Kandal province.

• Kandal: 3 districts and 25 communes received the impact from Prek Thnot River and affecting rice crops

and  livestock and household of people locating along the river.

• Rattanakiri: The flood caused by rain fall and Hydro electricity dam in neighboring country. It affected

household and other crop. Two districts: Kon Mum and Lumphat were severely affected.

Additional news:

• Pursat : on 21st August 2006 at 15 :00 pm big storm hit into Sampov Meas district caused 9 houses totally destroyed and there were 1death and 1 injured
• Kampong Cham: the province was also hit by big storm on the same day which caused 4 houses totally destroyed and 1 death and another a houses collapsed down into the water in Kroch Chmar district

Flood along the Mekong River

• Stung Treng province: The flood level is 10.12m. Warning level is 10.70m
• Kratie province: The flood level is 21.06m. Warning is 22.00m.

Drought situation:
            Some areas in some province are affected by drought but now the rain is started falling down such as:  Kas Kralor district in Battambang, Veal Veng, Kravanh district of Pursat, Preah Sdach, Mesag and Prey Veng district of Prey Veng province and Kralanh districtt in Siem Reap province.

Other epidemic disease:

• 1600 Dugs in Rokar village, Banteay Chak commune, Preah Sdach district, Prey Veng province were dead by bird flu and happened the same in Batheay district in Kg. Cham province.
• Livestock disease as Ot Kdam, Dambao Krachak and Ministry of Agriculture, Forest and Fishery is focusing on it. 
• Have thunder in some provinces

Impact & damage

• Rice and other crop will not seriously affected if the water recedes quickly.
• Some weak house was damaged
• Infrastructure (National road, road, railway) was affected
• Salt warehouse was flooded and destroying 12,000 mt of salt.
• 5 peoples was died (3 people in Kampot and 2 people in Kg. Speu)

General Situation: on 24 August 2006

• The general situation is become better. The water level everywhere is getting down or at least is stable.
• The drought is not a factor to make worried now, the farmer in the region is now ready to farm.

Response:

• Up to now the Red Cross responded to 5,840 households affected:
• Rice           = 146 mt
• Plastic sheet = 75 sheets
• Bed net       = 3,000 pcs
• Blanket       = 3,000 pcs
• Sarong        = 5,840 pcs
• Kroma        = 5,840 pcs
• Clothes       = 5,840 pcs
• Medicines mixed = 25 catons

The CRC is planed to bring relief item to:

• Kampot: The Needs assessment is ongoing (its plenty of water therefore it’s difficult to moving around). We expect that, we will get the beneficiary by 23rd or 24th of the coming days. Those three districts are located at the down stream next to Vietnamese border.
• Kg. Thom: on next Saturday (26/08/06) for assisting to 667 families in Santuk and Kg. Svay district.
• Ratanairki: The CRC’s convoy will left the warehouse on 25/08/06 and plan to distribute on 29/08/06 (Road communication is a bit slippery and distances from P-Penh.
• Additional information: So far it causes 5 deaths (02 in Kg. Speu and 03 in Kampot).

The Municipality of P-Penh city organizes some relief distribution to affected peoples living in Dangkor District of P-Penh. 1,500 families living in: Prey Sar, Prey Veng, and Sak Sampoev received assistance. Each family got 25Kg of rice, soy sauce and instant noodle.
Next planning of the Municipality: More than 1.300 families living in new resettlement in Danbkor district will receive same item latter.