Three swept away by flash flood in Thailand’s Prachinburi province

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Three swept away by flash flood in Thailand’s Prachinburi province

 

 

One official and two villagers went missing, and are believed to have been swept away by strong currents, when water runoff from mountains in Khao Yai and Tap Larn national parks poured into Bupphram subdistrict, in the Na Dee district of Thailand’s eastern province of Prachinburi today.

 

The official, from the Highways Department’s Kabin Buri district office, was swept away by the torrent as he was working to cut the electricity supply in Bupphram subdistrict. Two other villagers also went missing and are believed to have been washed away by strong currents in Ban Wang Mai of Bupphram subdistrict.

 

Over 100 tourists, staying at a hotel in the district, were evacuated by rescue workers after they were stranded at the hotel by 1.5 metre deep flood waters. More than 40 cars, parked at the hotel, were under water and two more were swept away by the currents.

 

Source: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/three-swept-away-by-flash-flood-in-thailands-prachinburi-province/

 

-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2020-11-02

 

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