Flood victims in South resort to living on rafts
By The Nation

 

Children play on a flooded road above Pattani dam’s spillway in the province’s Yarang district yesterday. For weeks, the South has been badly affected by flooding. Charoon Thongnual

 

SURAT THANI: -- IN THE FACE of weeks-long flooding, many victims in Surat Thani province have chosen to live on rafts so that they can stay close to their flooded houses.

 

Although rain stopped pouring down in the Sap Tawee area of Surat Thani’s Ban Na Doem district yesterday, floodwater was still well over one metre deep. 

 

“We can’t move back into our houses yet, but we at least can stay close by,” a local man said from a raft. 

 

Just like many other villagers, he has decided to hover around his heavily inundated home so he can watch over the property.

 

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Feel very sorry for these people they are very resilient and patient although there is not much anyone can do to cope with nature.

Good luck to all.

I can see another meeting with the banks on the horizon.