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Flooding kills seven in South

Flooding kills seven in South

Heavy downpours cripple vast areas

Floodwater rose to more than two metres in the municipal area of Nakhon Si Thammarat on Thursday. The province has set aside 10 evacuation centres for the estimated 2,000 flood victims in the downtown area. (Photo: Nucharee Raekrun)

Severe floods in nine provinces in the South have killed seven people, four of them in the worst-hit Nakhon Si Thammarat, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM).

Much of Nakhon Si Thammarat has been battered by the floods from persistent heavy downpours which crippled vast residential areas and government offices.

Pithakpol Boonyamalik, Public Health Ministry inspector, said even though the deluge swept through the province…

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