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Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits in Cambodia to abate after April

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits in Cambodia to abate after April

Exceptional water deficits will persist in western Cambodia through April. Deficits of varying severity are expected in Sumatra, Java, western Borneo, and Papua New Guinea. Intense surpluses are forecast for western and eastern Myanmar, northern Laos, along the Mekong River until it reaches Cambodia, and central Philippines. Surpluses are also forecast for Vietnam, pockets of Thailand, Brunei, and northeastern Borneo. After April, surpluses will retreat, Cambodia will transition to near-normal, and deficits are expected in Malaysia, Sumatra, and western Borneo. 

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits persist in Cambodia, surpluses in Laos & Vietnam

Southeast Asia & the Pacific: Water deficits persist in Cambodia, surpluses in Laos & Vietnam

Though water surpluses are forecast for many parts of the region through February, exceptional deficits will persist in Cambodia through May. Exceptional surpluses are forecast to persist through February in Laos and in central Vietnam through May. Surpluses of lesser severity are forecast for the next three months in the southern Malay Peninsula, Java, southern Vietnam, and Gorontalo, Indonesia.

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