The changing rainfall patterns drive the growing flood occurrence in Phnom Penh, Cambodia

• Main Authors: Huang, Wanxin, Park, Edward, Wang, Jingyu, Sophal, Try
• Other Authors: Asian School of the Environment
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2024
• Subjects: Earth and Environmental Sciences; Phnom Penh; Climate change
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/181346
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Study region: Urban flooding is an intensifying issue in the rapidly developing lowland cities of Southeast Asia. Cambodia's Phnom Penh City, located at the confluence of the Mekong and Tonle Sap Rivers in the lower Mekong Basin, recently saw increasingly prevalent flash floods, resulting in ca...