Coping with flood in Cambodian communities
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Flood along the Mekong River and the Tonle Sap Lake and tributaries is a recurring event, sometimes reaching disastrous dimensions, with severe losses in human lives and food production. The annual flood in Cambodia reached catastrophic proportions in 1996, prompting the Cambodian Red Cross (CRC) and the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (the Federation) to initiate a CommunityBased Disaster Preparedness Program Abstract
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