There has been a lot of update regarding the effect of Ketsana to Cambodia and Vietnam but haven't heard about Laos. Below is only what I gathered. Does anyone here has any update or photos at least?
"We received around 220mm from 9am yesterday through to this morning, most of it between 9pm and 3am. We are still experiencing some drizzle this morning though it looks like the puff has gone out of the rain.
A portion of town closer to the Sedon River is experiencing minor flooding with a number of houses flooded on their lower level (perhaps 0.5-1m for most of these houses). One of our staff members has been moving things upstairs in her house since 3am. The river is lapping at the top of its high-level banks, which is quite a sight, cutting off villages on the other side. The market also has been flooded since early this morning, and the new drainage system hasn't quite coped with the inundation of storm flow. We heard public announcements on Monday and Tuesday warning us to prevent catching malaria, but nothing about the storm itself. I have not heard of any casualties. Town water is out as is the phone line, and power has been off and on.
The most serious concern is what will happen to the rice. A lot of farmers were harvesting their rice furiously over the weekend, but for rice crops that are not yet mature, there will be plenty of lodging and damage, and heartache for the farmers.
For several villages along the Salavan - Pakse Road, where drainage is poor, they are experiencing flooding as well."
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Typhoon Ketsana kills 8 in Cambodia
PHNOM PENH, Sept. 29 (Xinhua) -- At least eight people were killed Tuesday by the impacts of Typhoon Ketsana that hit Kompong Thom Province, about 230 kilometers northeast of Cambodia's capital Phnom Penh, according to local television.
According to Television Channel 3 of Phnom Penh Municipality on Tuesday night, at least eight people were killed and a dozen others injured after the typhoon landed Sandan District around 4 p.m. on Tuesday.
It said the typhoon also destroyed dozens of houses.
The storm hit Cambodia just one day after Prime Minister Hun Sen issued a directive alerting his people that the country would be hit by typhoon Ketsana and appealed the authorities at all levels to take all necessary measures to protect the people who might be affected by the typhoon.
The Philippines is the worst hit country by Typhoon Ketsana as more than 240 people were reportedly killed. Over 20 others were killed in Vietnam after the typhoon made landfall in the country.
Dozen of houses, for us mayot call these structure is a house as it was build by easy easy bamboo and grass leafs and hig speed wind arrived just was just blow it away with thse poor people in the cottages same like what happened last year in Burma
What to do? People born with no choice and no one want to born as a poor people. Lucky I was born in the rich family and have things I like and stay high.. If there is some donation then I'll donate some bags for rice and bottles of water for aid
Dozen of houses, for us mayot call these structure is a house as it was build by easy easy bamboo and grass leafs and hig speed wind arrived just was just blow it away with thse poor people in the cottages same like what happened last year in Burma
What to do? People born with no choice and no one want to born as a poor people. Lucky I was born in the rich family and have things I like and stay high.. If there is some donation then I'll donate some bags for rice and bottles of water for aid
I admire you for expressing your desire to help. I hope others will have that same desire as well!
