Rebecca Hersher

And the water line from the flood was about 15 feet off the ground.

Yeah, it's a ton of water, and the water is moving, so no one would stand a chance in that kind of flood.

They're just super, super deadly.

And just last year, floods killed hundreds of people in five countries across Southeast Asia.

In 2022, floods killed more than 1,000 people in Pakistan, displaced millions more.

Now, those floods made headlines.

The one in Praktush didn't really get any attention outside Cambodia, but it was just as dangerous.

So this was a really bad year?

Yeah, very so bad.

They survived with voicemails.

No.

Yeah.

Voicemails?

Yeah, basically voicemails and a couple other things.

That's what saved their lives.

And to understand why, we have to talk a little bit about how weather warnings work.

Yeah.

In the United States, the National Weather Service issues, you know, official warnings that trigger alerts on the radio, on television, on cell phones.

Like your phone might buzz or make an alarm sound if there's a flash flood warning in your area.

You've probably gotten those in the summer, right?