At least 7 killed, 2 missing in Nan mudslide

[Jonathan Fairfield]

At least 7 killed, 2 missing in Nan mudslide

By The Nation

 

 

At least seven villagers were killed and two others missing after heavy rains triggered a mudslide from a mountain into their valley village in the Bo Klua district of Nan province on Saturday morning.
 

The authorities were alerted to the landslide at the Ban Huay Kham in Tambon Dong Phaya at 7am.

 

Colonel Ratana Patanasophon, commander of the task force of the 32nd Ranger Regiment, rushed rangers under his command to the scene to retrieve the bodies and search for the missing.

 

Ratana said the mudslide buried four houses in the village.

 

He said operations to search for the missing were hampered by continuous heavy rains. Moreover, the mudslide had knocked down a power cable as a result the rescuers did not have electricity for use of some equipment.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30350979

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-28

 

[rooster59]

Updated: Seven bodies found, one still mission in Nan mudslide

By The Nation

 

 

Rescue workers dug up the bodies of seven people who were buried in a mudslide that hit a village in the Bo Kluea district of Nan province on Saturday morning.

 

Prasit Dusneewong, an official of the Bo Klua district, said rescue workers were still trying to locate the body of one person who lived in one of the four houses buried by the mudslide in the Ban Huay Khab village.

 

Prasit said the mudslide, triggered by hours of heavy rains, occurred at 6.10am. Eight villagers were reported missing. Rescuers used bulldozers and needed almost five hours to dig up the bodies of the seven.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30351004

 

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-07-29

[rooster59]

3 Year Old Among Family of 7 Killed in Nan Landslide

By Asaree Thaitrakulpanich, Staff Reporter

 

 

NAN — A household of seven died when a landslide demolished a row of houses Saturday morning in northern Thailand.

 

A mass of mud engulfed four houses after heavy rains at Baan Baan Huay Khab village in Bo Kluea district in Nan province, killing seven members of the Akkara family. One member is still missing.

 

Full story: http://www.khaosodenglish.com/news/crimecourtscalamity/calamity/2018/07/28/3-year-old-among-family-of-7-killed-in-nan-landslide/

 

 

-- © Copyright Khaosod English 2018-07-29

[AhFarangJa]

18 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Moreover, the mudslide had knocked down a power cable as a result the rescuers did not have electricity for use of some equipment.

May I ask why they do not bring portable generators as part of the rescue equipment ??

R.I.P. to the Deceased, but was deforestation and poor land management a probable cause....

[ratcatcher]

Deforestation is likely as responsible as heavy rains.

[wirat69]

4 hours ago, rooster59 said:

Seven bodies found, one still mission in Nan mudslide

Maybe he missing is on a mission to find the missing???

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

Deforestation is likely as responsible as heavy rains.

Looking at the centre photo the cut for the road most likely left the hillside with no support. Digging further back for the houses might have added to the problem.

[flyingdoc]

R.I.P the dead.

[whaleboneman]

I hope none of the family saw the body being dragged up the road. 

[toofarnorth]

My TW has been in Tha Wang Pah since Thursday , TWP is about half way between Nan and Pua , can't find Bo Kluea on my map of LoS.  Note to self  ' Ask about mudslide '  should she bother to ring me as her phone is off. Not too sure when she is coming home to up here but I am now running out of clean cups !

[Assurancetourix]

Bo Kluea is at the junction of roads 1256 to Pua and Chiang Klang and road 1081 to Santisuk

 

Kleua means salt in thai language it's a village where people dig salt from the earth with wells

 

[Jonmarleesco]

22 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

the mudslide had knocked down a power cable as a result the rescuers did not have electricity for use of some equipment.

Useful to have brought a portable generator, then. 

[toofarnorth]

2 hours ago, Assurancetourix said:

Bo Kluea is at the junction of roads 1256 to Pua and Chiang Klang and road 1081 to Santisuk

 

Kleua means salt in thai language it's a village where people dig salt from the earth with wells

 

Thanks , found it , yes nearby is the Silaphet waterfall,  we usualy end up there over soakran.  The pic looked familiar and we went there ( first time LoS) on a motorcycle trip in 2004,  fascinating place.

[darren84310]

Just now, wirat69 said:

Maybe he missing is on a mission to find the missing???

Oh..... You find this funny do you?..... You are seriously sick in the head. Even a 3 year old was among those killed but you couldn't resist trying to be funny you vile person.

[kwilco]

Tragedy........

Yet another blot on Thai health and safety.

Deforestation is one of the prime causes of land slips.

Emergency services in Thailand are just a mish-mash of disparate well meaning and unprepared amateurs...they didn't even have a generator.

Thailand needs to take a long hard look at theurbemergency services and their attitude to health and safety in general.

 

Thousands of people are needlessly looking their lives every year/month/week/day in Thailand because of this fatalistic outlook by those in authority.

 

[biplanebluey]

On 7/29/2018 at 10:38 AM, wirat69 said:

Maybe he missing is on a mission to find the missing???

Not funny—- you are talking about people’s lives