Drought batters 13 provinces
Amid what some meteorologists have dubbed a “Godzilla-like El Niño”, drought conditions during Cambodia’s scheduled monsoon season have significantly worsened from what last year were termed historically bad levels, a new report from the Ministry of Agriculture shows.
According to the report, which was signed by Agriculture Minister Ouk Rabun on 26 August and obtained on 31 August, 185,451 hectares in 13 provinces – the vast majority containing mature crops rather than seedlings – have been struck by drought-like conditions.
