BANGKOK, Oct 17 (Reuters) – Authorities in Thailand issued flash flood warnings for eight southern provinces on Monday ahead of more rain expected this week, with areas in nearly 40% of the country’s provinces still inundated and dealing with flood waters.
The warning include the resort island of Phuket, where a flash flood on Sunday disrupted local transport and tourism businesses in some areas. Navy personnel in the island’s main town were seen carrying elderly on their backs through streets, knee-deep in brown water.
Heavy rain and tropical storms since last month have caused flooding in 59 of Thailand’s 77 provinces, impacting 450,000 homes, according to the interior ministry.
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Floods in northeastern and central Thailand – key farming regions – have seen 670,000 rai (107,200 hectares) of agricultural land damaged, the…
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