Tidal wave: Satun beach road left in ruins, affecting 2,500 households

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An intense tidal wave, coupled with rising sea levels, caused severe damage to a cement road along Hua Hin beach in the Satun province.

 

The tidal wave damage disrupted the lives of 2,500 households in ten villages, causing transportation difficulties. Local officials have swiftly initiated an assessment of the damage and marked hazardous areas.

 

Following the distress signal from local leaders about the powerful sea wave hitting the shore, Jamras Hongsai, the head of La-ngu Subdistrict Administrative Organisation, accompanied by local disaster prevention and mitigation officials, promptly arrived at the scene. The surge, together with the swelling sea water, had led to severe erosion of the cement road leading to the beachside villages.

 

Approximately 80 metres of the road at Hua Hin Beach, Village No.1, Tha Chamuang Subdistrict, La-ngu District, Satun Province, crumbled down. This path, used by local fishermen and for transporting seafood, is vital to around 500 households.

 

by Nattapong Westwood

Photo courtesy of KhaoSod.

 

Full story: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/tidal-wave-causes-road-collapse-in-satun-disrupting-2500-households-swift-action-underway-2

 

-- Thaiger 2023-09-04

 

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[BritScot]

They just can't help themselves! Rising sea levels? Please. Correct headline should be "Poorly constructed cost road washed away" suspected corruption involved!!! Just looking at this a blind man can see it wasn't constructed correctly: where is the breaker, where is the sea wall?

[Tropicalevo]

And that is what happens when you build on sand. ????

[KhunLA]

Guessing someone missed the zoning law about building so far from high tide mark...oops.

 

Rising seas & tidal wave ... got to blame it something.  If admit to stupidity, might not get the funds to fix it.

[Stocky]

This is what happens when you destroy the coastal mangrove forests 

[hotchilli]

13 hours ago, BritScot said:

They just can't help themselves! Rising sea levels? Please. Correct headline should be "Poorly constructed cost road washed away" suspected corruption involved!!! Just looking at this a blind man can see it wasn't constructed correctly: where is the breaker, where is the sea wall?

Skimmed off?

[ChipButty]

Too much sand and not enough cement 

[Elkski]

8 hours ago, Stocky said:

This is what happens when you destroy the coastal mangrove forests 

I do believe that entire Coast line was mangroves in the past.  

[Grumpy one]

Get rid of the road and these stressed out property owners have a genuine water front property.

Resale prices just went up 

[Anant72]

It is corruption writ large. It will be rebuilt in the same manner and destroyed again and on and on and on, A big chunk of the repair budget will line some pockets. TIT for ever.

[Cake Monster]

I guess the Tsunami Warning Bouys ae all working, they just dont work for Tidal Waves

[Zapitapi]

20 hours ago, BritScot said:

They just can't help themselves! Rising sea levels? Please. Correct headline should be "Poorly constructed cost road washed away" suspected corruption involved!!! Just looking at this a blind man can see it wasn't constructed correctly: where is the breaker, where is the sea wall?

fully agreed.. rising sea levels..tzz

[PETERTHEEATER]

Over-enthusiastic reporting. No mention of offshore seismic activity generating a tidal wave. Rising sea level? More like a normal high tide with onshore wind has washed out out the foundation of a cheaply laid unprotected concrete road causing collapse. Still plenty of room for motorcycles to traverse.