Hundreds flee homes after dam gates opened
More than 500 homes were flooded in Kampot province’s Toek Chhou district on 16 September morning after the gates of the Kamchay Hydropower Dam were opened, according to officials, with the chiefs of two of three affected communes saying they were given little or no advance warning.
Provincial governor Khoy Khun Hour said heavy rain had filled the Chinese-operated dam’s reservoir and that authorities temporarily opened three of its five sluice gates on Tuesday night before opening all of them at 8 a.m. 16 September.
