Flash floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand have killed 22 folks in latest days. File | Photograph credit score: AP
Flash floods brought on by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand have killed 22 folks in latest days, catastrophe officers stated on Monday (Aug 26, 2024), whereas warning of extra flash floods this week.
“Nineteen extra folks had been injured and greater than 30,000 properties had been affected in 13 provinces prior to now 10 days,” the Division of Catastrophe Prevention and Mitigation stated in a press release.
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Among the many lifeless had been 10 folks, together with a Russian couple, who had been killed when a landslide hit a residential space on the favored vacationer island of Phuket in Thailand final week.
The division additionally warned that 31 provinces within the north and northeast of the dominion face attainable flash floods till Thursday (Aug 22).
“The division has directed native authorities to carefully monitor the climate… and put gear and supplies on standby,” it stated in a press release.
“Individuals must also comply with the climate forecast and take warnings severely,” he added.
In Bangkok, native authorities warned residents residing on the outskirts of the town and alongside the river to organize to maneuver their belongings to increased floor.
Three employees, together with two Chinese language nationals and one particular person from Myanmar, additionally went lacking on Monday after soil fell right into a high-speed prepare tunnel beneath development in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Pak Chong district.
Whereas Thailand experiences annual monsoon rains, man-made local weather change is resulting in extra intense climate patterns that may improve the probability of damaging flooding.
