Floods close 100 schools in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang

Floods close 100 schools in Nakhon Si Thammarat and Trang
By Krissana Thiwatsirikul, 
Kanita Seetong 
The Nation

NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: -- MORE than 100 schools in the South are remaining closed in the wake of serious flooding including in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, where officials at 88 state schools have said they will be closed until today.

“Most of these schools are in the province’s educational service area 1,” Nakhon Si Thammarat Governor Charoen Tipayapongtada said yesterday.

All 23 districts in the province had been inundated, disrupting the lives of more than 261,000 people, he said. The floods were also blamed for five deaths in the province, while at least 12 people have been killed in the south.

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