Post by bahnoo on Aug 29, 2006 2:22:05 GMT 7
Southern road blocked, widespread flooding
NARONG CHUENNIRAN from bkk post
Phangnga _ A landslide blocked the road joining Takua Pa district and Surat Thani province yesterday as downpours triggered flash floods and damage in many southern and northern provinces.
Heavy machinery was brought in to clear the debris from the road but the work was going slowly as rocks, trees and soil kept falling from Khao Sok mountain yesterday.
It was the second time the area had been isolated recently.
Early last week torrential rain caused damage in Surat Thani's Phanom district with many houses flooded with mud and a main route to Takua Pa district cut.
Another seven provinces in the South _ Songkhla, Phatthalung, Trang, Satun, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, were bracing for further heavy rain and possible landslides.
Suwit Kanikul, director for disaster prevention and mitigation for Songkhla, said there were 267 points identified as prone to landslides in these provinces and 150 of them were in Songkhla.
In the North, there was flooding in Noen Maprang and Nakhon Thai districts of Phitsanulok after overnight rain on Saturday, with water in one village a metre deep.
Villagers in Noen Maprang district were warned of possible mudslides. Students and teachers in a local school yesterday rushed to move school equipment to higher areas.
Villagers in two tambons in Nakhon Thai district were ordered to move to safety.
In Uttaradit province, rescue workers were on alert as water in some canals began to overflow and flood parts of Laplae district after two days of heavy rain.
Many villages in Laplae are still recovering from severe floods which hit the area on May.
In Chiang Rai province, 20 houses in Mae Chan district and many houses in Muang district were inundated over the weekend.
In the Northeast, flooding prevented monks at a temple in Si Sa Ket's Wang Hin district from going on their morning alms round, while 15 nearby houses have been under water for four days.
NARONG CHUENNIRAN from bkk post
Phangnga _ A landslide blocked the road joining Takua Pa district and Surat Thani province yesterday as downpours triggered flash floods and damage in many southern and northern provinces.
Heavy machinery was brought in to clear the debris from the road but the work was going slowly as rocks, trees and soil kept falling from Khao Sok mountain yesterday.
It was the second time the area had been isolated recently.
Early last week torrential rain caused damage in Surat Thani's Phanom district with many houses flooded with mud and a main route to Takua Pa district cut.
Another seven provinces in the South _ Songkhla, Phatthalung, Trang, Satun, Yala, Pattani and Narathiwat, were bracing for further heavy rain and possible landslides.
Suwit Kanikul, director for disaster prevention and mitigation for Songkhla, said there were 267 points identified as prone to landslides in these provinces and 150 of them were in Songkhla.
In the North, there was flooding in Noen Maprang and Nakhon Thai districts of Phitsanulok after overnight rain on Saturday, with water in one village a metre deep.
Villagers in Noen Maprang district were warned of possible mudslides. Students and teachers in a local school yesterday rushed to move school equipment to higher areas.
Villagers in two tambons in Nakhon Thai district were ordered to move to safety.
In Uttaradit province, rescue workers were on alert as water in some canals began to overflow and flood parts of Laplae district after two days of heavy rain.
Many villages in Laplae are still recovering from severe floods which hit the area on May.
In Chiang Rai province, 20 houses in Mae Chan district and many houses in Muang district were inundated over the weekend.
In the Northeast, flooding prevented monks at a temple in Si Sa Ket's Wang Hin district from going on their morning alms round, while 15 nearby houses have been under water for four days.