After Covid-19 outbreak, Cambodia now brace for heavy rains and floods

Dark clouds gather over Phnom Penh skyline. This year’s rainy season will arrive in the first week of May, according to the ministry. - Phnom Penh Post/ANN

PHNOM PENH, May 5 (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): This year’s rainy season could see some provinces in the Mekong River Basin catchment area and the central lowlands along the rivers vulnerable to floods, according to the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology’s first annual Mekong River flood forecast.

And thisis to add more woes for Cambodia, already trying to cope with surging Covid-19 cases that are hitting record number.