Phuket homes damaged as heavy rain causes landslip
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The six homes were damaged after water-soaked earth gave way underneath the structures. Photo: Eakkapop Thongtub

PHUKET: -- Six homes located near Suan Luang Park, south of Phuket Town, suffered damage after water-soaked earth gave away under the houses yesterday afternoon (May 25).

A retaining wall at the “Moo Baan Anuphas” small complex of connected homes, located on Wirat Hongyok Rd Soi 7/4, in Wichit, also suffered damage by the force of the landslide.

“Residents said the incident happened at 2:30pm after they heard a loud cracking noise coming from the roof beams at the back of their houses,” said Wichit Municipality engineer Kamron Lailerd.

“They ran out of their houses and alerted others, then the land collapsed from underneath the back of their homes,” he added.

Mr Kamron noted that all nine of the houses in the small complex had an extra room added to the back of the original structures.

“The landslip saw earth about one-metre deep give way at the back the houses. The foundations of the six houses affected and the wall behind them are slightly tilted and the roofs and floors were damaged,” he said.

Full story: http://www.thephuketnews.com/phuket-homes-damaged-as-heavy-rain-causes-landslip-57584.php

-- Phuket News 2016-05-26

That's what you get when you build a 4 inch retaining wall without drainage.amazing Thailand.

Shouldnt the heading be

Substandard geomechanics finally succumb to natural, predictable and expected forces.

Pray tell: Is a "landslip" a baby landslide? Or is it a Britishism for "landslide"?

Living in Thailand has expanded my English vocabulary in ways never thought imaginable (from "byenior" to "hots up"...).

Pray tell: Is a "landslip" a baby landslide? Or is it a Britishism for "landslide"?

Living in Thailand has expanded my English vocabulary in ways never thought imaginable (from "byenior" to "hots up"...).

The latter, they are synonyms.

Oops my land slipped! What did it slip on? Not sure, but I think gravity