Flood-related deaths reach 20, search continues for missing persons in Krabi mudslide
BANGKOK, March 31 - Flood-related deaths in Thailand's South reportedly reached 20 today, according to the Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand (EMIT), while the search continues for missing persons in yesterdays Krabi mudslide.
EMIT secretary-general Chatree Charoencheewakul said the 20 flood-related fatalities included 11 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, four each in Surat Thani and Krabi provinces and one in Phatthalung.
In Krabi, four people were killed and 20 others are missing in a landslide in Khao Phanom district and some 300 people in the area have been evacuated to Banhuaykaew School now being used as a temporary shelter.
Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said Thursday before flying to Krabis Khao Phanom district that the army sent 10,000 relief supply bags and a number of mobile medical teams to provide emergency help the flood-stricken local population.
He also instructed the Fourth Army Region commander to dispatch teams with 15 sniffer dogs to expand search for missing persons.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported 842,324 residents in eight southern provinces have so far been affected by severe flooding. Nearly 1,500 roads and 64 bridges were damaged by the floods and 71 portions of 61 highways were flooded, with 27 stretches of highway currently impassable.
Flood-hit Thasala Hospital in Nakhon Si Thammarat has resumed outpatient services, but inpatients who were transferred to nearby hospitals have not yet been moved back as the electrical system at Thasala Hospital is not yet fully functional.
The navy is helping those stranded on Samui and Phangan islands off Surat Thani on Thursday with evacuations by two ships, HTMS Chakri Naruebet and HTMS Sukhothai, which boarded 1,200 local residents and tourists from Tao Island on Wednesday.
Nakhon Si Thammarat airport remained closed while Surat Thanis Samui Airport is opened periodically, depending on the prevailing weather conditions.
Trains to the South are oper! ational as far as Thachana Station in Surat Thani, but rail service further south has been suspended. Buses, however, are running as usual but some flooded terminals remain closed. (MCOT online news)
EMIT secretary-general Chatree Charoencheewakul said the 20 flood-related fatalities included 11 in Nakhon Si Thammarat, four each in Surat Thani and Krabi provinces and one in Phatthalung.
In Krabi, four people were killed and 20 others are missing in a landslide in Khao Phanom district and some 300 people in the area have been evacuated to Banhuaykaew School now being used as a temporary shelter.
Army chief Prayuth Chan-ocha said Thursday before flying to Krabis Khao Phanom district that the army sent 10,000 relief supply bags and a number of mobile medical teams to provide emergency help the flood-stricken local population.
He also instructed the Fourth Army Region commander to dispatch teams with 15 sniffer dogs to expand search for missing persons.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported 842,324 residents in eight southern provinces have so far been affected by severe flooding. Nearly 1,500 roads and 64 bridges were damaged by the floods and 71 portions of 61 highways were flooded, with 27 stretches of highway currently impassable.
Flood-hit Thasala Hospital in Nakhon Si Thammarat has resumed outpatient services, but inpatients who were transferred to nearby hospitals have not yet been moved back as the electrical system at Thasala Hospital is not yet fully functional.
The navy is helping those stranded on Samui and Phangan islands off Surat Thani on Thursday with evacuations by two ships, HTMS Chakri Naruebet and HTMS Sukhothai, which boarded 1,200 local residents and tourists from Tao Island on Wednesday.
Nakhon Si Thammarat airport remained closed while Surat Thanis Samui Airport is opened periodically, depending on the prevailing weather conditions.
Trains to the South are oper! ational as far as Thachana Station in Surat Thani, but rail service further south has been suspended. Buses, however, are running as usual but some flooded terminals remain closed. (MCOT online news)
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