Cambodia's Flooding - Death Toll Keeps Rising

Continued flooding has seen Prime Minister Hun Sen declare on Friday that Phnom Penh's annual boat racing during the November Water Festival was to be cancelled due to Cambodia's worst flooding in a decade.

The Prime minister said that the money usually spent on the Water Festival would be better utilised dealing with the damage from the devastating floods. The main issue is food security, because of the 190,000 hectares of rice paddies that have been destroyed.

With the rainy season not yet over, the death toll for this small country has now risen to 247, nearing the 297 deaths in neighbouring Thailand.