Submerged cars, buses and motorbikes were abandoned throughout the city during heavy flooding in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, early last month. Photo: Mother Nature Submerged cars, buses and motorbikes were abandoned throughout the city during heavy flooding in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, early last month. Photo: Mother Nature
Submerged cars, buses and motorbikes were abandoned throughout the city during heavy flooding in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, early last month. Photo: Mother Nature
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Is Chinese money drowning Sihanoukville, Cambodia? Floods blamed on rapid pace of development

  • The coastal city has become a focal point for investment from China, but the pace of development has outpaced essential town planning
  • When floods caused extensive damage last month it raised safety concerns, and worries that things are only going to get worse

Topic |   Cambodia
Marissa Carruthers
Marissa Carruthers and Sineat Yon

Updated: 5:20am, 2 Sep, 2019

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Submerged cars, buses and motorbikes were abandoned throughout the city during heavy flooding in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, early last month. Photo: Mother Nature Submerged cars, buses and motorbikes were abandoned throughout the city during heavy flooding in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, early last month. Photo: Mother Nature
Submerged cars, buses and motorbikes were abandoned throughout the city during heavy flooding in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, early last month. Photo: Mother Nature
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