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    Choppers rescue tourists caught by Cambodian flood

    PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Flash floods at a centuries-old temple in northeastern Cambodia stranded about 200 foreign tourists Thursday, forcing officials to use helicopters to evacuate them to a nearby town.

    The group visiting the 10th century Banteay Srey temple included tourists from the U.S., South Korea, France, Britain and Russia, district official Mom Vuthy said. The flooding also forced thousands of area residents to abandon their homes for high ground, or to camp on roofs or in trees, he said.

    Brittny Anderson, 26, from Oregon said she was grateful for local residents who brought food to the stranded tourists as they waited on high ground for the helicopter rescues.

    "I am scared for the villagers whose houses were under water," she said in a telephone interview. "I heard that the villagers had climbed trees and I'm very worried for their safety."

    The temple is just 30 kilometers (20 miles) from the Angkor Wat temple complex, one of Asia's greatest landmarks and Cambodia's top tourist attraction. It was not yet known if any of the region's temples were damaged in the flooding, said Mey Marady, vice secretary general of Apsara Authority, a government agency that oversee the temples.

    Nationwide flooding since August has killed 28 people.

     

    9 comments

    • Beer Party  •  8 mths ago
      I saw those temples in 2008, they were magnificent and people are very friendly.
    • RAJ MOHAN  •  8 mths ago
      Was there barely a week ago. The temples were awesome and Lake Tonle'Sap was magnificent. The rains were just coming in. Hope the rescue work will be succesful and the restoration work on the temples would not be hindered.
    • Shamus  •  8 mths ago
      i lived in viet nam for the last 7 years and moved to Siem Reap, Cambodia 2 months ago. we have minor flooding in town but nothing like this. flood levels in town may rise more tomorrow. even with the flooding Cambodia is 100% nicer than viet nam.
    • Dinky Dick  •  8 mths ago
      Its good to hear that bikers on choppers are helping the less fortunate.
    • ............  •  8 mths ago
      Yahoo edit my comment. Sorry it is too long...and yahoo is not posting it.
    • ............  •  8 mths ago
      2. God Son
    • This 2 Shall pass...  •  8 mths ago
      What idiot goes to cambodia for a vacation and doesnt expect something wrong to happen?
      • Shamus 8 mths ago
        please stay in the usa and don't come to Cambodia you jerk.
      • Beer Party 8 mths ago
        @M,
        You are a STUPID IDIOT.
      • Shamus 8 mths ago
        we don't need ugly tourist's like you coming here. the tourist's visiting here are wonderful and leave a good impression.
    • God Son  •  8 mths ago
      I hope the Cambodia gov. wont charge those rescue tourists with a surprise inflate fees for the Chopper.
      • Beer Party 8 mths ago
        No they won't, they need those tourists to tell more people about the temples.
      • Shamus 8 mths ago
        maybe in viet nam, but not here.
      • Beer Party 8 mths ago
        After visiting Cambodia I went to Vietnam and got robbed there.
    • ............  •  8 mths ago
      Hey, You - (M !) -you're talking about the Chinese by saying in another article (Ching Chang Chong). You are a VietCunnt monkey.

      And (Another VietCunnt -- God Son) You have too much Vietamese writing on the other articles too.

      Both of you are SO JEALOUS of Cambodia and other Asian countries. Hey, M - You are a stupid VietCuunt by saying (What idiot goes to cambodia for a vacation and doesn't expect something wrong to happen?) God Son
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