Two die in South flash floods
The Nation



4 Surat districts disaster zones, 120 Prachuab Khiri Khan households evacuated

BANGKOK: -- AN 8-YEAR-OLD boy who was seen being washed away in a flash flood from a train station in Surat Thani's Tha Chana district on Saturday afternoon was found dead yesterday morning. His body was located 100 metres downstream.

He was the first casualty of the current flooding in the South. A man was later reported drowned in Phatthalung while fishing at a lake.

Heavy flooding has hit several southern provinces following torrential rains in the past few days, including Prachuap Khiri Khan in the upper region, and Phatthalung and Surat Thani in the lower areas.

In Prachuap Khiri Khan, 120 households have been evacuated in a village in Bang Saphan Noi district after one-metre-deep floodwater inundated their homes. Heavy flooding also affected neighbouring Bang Saphan and |Muang districts, where floodwalls were erected urgently around urban areas.

Strong winds levelled a home and damaged more than 100 rai of palm and rubber plantations.

In Surat Thani, four districts have been declared disaster zones after sustaining damage estimated at Bt21 million. Flooding, 70cm in height, has threatened to loosen the foundations of the main, much-revered pagoda at Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya in Chaiya district. The pagoda contains Buddha relics. Urgent work is underway to drain floodwater from the temple compound.

Three other districts declared disaster zones are Kanchanadit, Na Derm and Tha Chana, where 4,070 households have been affected, while 41 roads and 21 bridges have been left impassable or damaged.

In Phatthalung, four of 11 districts are under deep floodwater, with the highest at two metres in tambon Phaya Khan and Chai Buri of Muang district.

The provincial Disaster Mitigation Office has warned of possible mudslides in Srinagaridra, Kong Ra and Si Banphot districts, where general soil conditions are softer.


-- The Nation 2013-11-25

I was in Nakhon Sithammarat for few days and it rains for 5 days none stop. Road flooded in the city and barely see the sun. Try catching a trai back to BKK yesterday but the service stop because of the flood, no choice but to catch a flight and as ussual price went up like share market. Not sure how's the condition now but hope it is better.