NCDM first vice-president Kun Kim (Source: Phnom Penh Post)Phnom Penh (VNA) - The Cambodian NationalCommittee for Disaster Management (NCDM) has launched a new information-sharingsystem to safeguard vulnerable citizens from floods and natural disasters amidthe rainy season.
Areas along the Mekong and Tonle Sap rivers areidentified as higher-risk locations.
Speaking at the launch of the Platform for Real-time Information Systems(Prism), NCDM first vice-president Kun Kim said improving Cambodia’s disasterresponse was necessary to avoid accidents affecting citizens.
He announced that several new measures will be taken, including “early warningof impending floods, preparing forces and materials to save vulnerable people.
All relevant departments and authorities at all levels willbe required to use the Prism system, the NCDM said, adding that relevantparties, especially sub-national authorities, must prepare their disasterresponse strategies promptly.
The rainy season starts from June, so at this time experts cannot predictexactly what will happen during the rainy season this year. They can onlyestimate that serious flooding is likely to occur between August and September,when evacuation sites and resources must be prepared.
Last August, nearly 8,000 families and some 8,000ha of agricultural land ineight provinces were affected by flooding and strong winds./.
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