A very fey of you goes there, but you should know the facts.
The people involved do not only have to fight terrorists, but also the weather.
Hat Yai declared disaster zone; 2 more drowned, 1 missing in floods
SONGKHLA, Dec 18 (TNA) -
Two persons -- a man and a woman -- were drowned Sunday while another woman went missing as heavy monsoon rains continued to ravage Thailand's deep South, leading authorities to declared Hat Yai district, a key entertainment area for tourists, as a disaster-zone.
Police in Hat Yai said a 37-year-old male townsman, was found drowned Sunday morning, becoming the district's first confirmed flood victim.
Officials said heavy downpours resumed again in Hat Yai and other nearby districts in Songkhla province after midnight and worsened when flash floods from a mountain in Hat Yai overflowed into the district seat along with the water runoff from neighboring Sadao district and floodwaters from the swollen U-Tapao canal.
Some 200 soldiers from an army camp on the outskirts of Hat Yai were erecting over 100,000 sandbags to reinforce parts of the U-Tapao canal to prevent floodwater from flowing into the district, even as some roads were already 30-50cm under water.
In Yala province, the situation was not better as one woman drowned and another was still missing. Flood at the provincial seat was as high as one metre and even medical emergency vehicles were unable to pass through with doctors and other emergency workers sent out to assist flood victims.
Yala Governor Boonyasit Suwannarat -- after an emergency meeting -- said that water pumps were now operating at full capacity.
Two army helicopters were seen delivering necessities to flood victims while squads of soldiers were repairing public utilities, attempting to restore services.
Governor Boonyasit said flood victims in his province were badly in need of food and drinking water -- that he requested two million bottles of drinking water and 40 tonnes of rice from the Fourth Army Region and the Interior Ministry. He also asked for medicines from the Public Health Ministry.
Buses operate by the state-run Transport Company have temporarily suspended service between Bangkok-Pattani-Sungai Golok as floodwaters between Nong Jik district in Pattani are now as high as 1.50 metres and roads are impassible.
In the latest development, the State Railway of Thailand announced that train services from Bangkok could go as far as Hat Yai only, that it is impossible to journey to Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat. Train services etween Hat Yai-Padang Besar and between Sungai Golok-Narathiwat are now temporarily suspended as rail tracks are now under floodwater.
Hat Yai declared disaster zone
Hat Yai declared disaster zone
I intend to live forever - so far so good.
I won't be going to Sungai Kolok for my visa run then.
In fact, havn't been for years due to the troubles. Shame really as a night out there was quite an experience.
I've been reading that the islands are getting their fair share of rain as well. Some say it's unusually heavy, others that it's normal as the south has a second monsoon at this time of year.
Hat Yai and places further south certainly are having a hard time of it though.
In fact, havn't been for years due to the troubles. Shame really as a night out there was quite an experience.
I've been reading that the islands are getting their fair share of rain as well. Some say it's unusually heavy, others that it's normal as the south has a second monsoon at this time of year.
Hat Yai and places further south certainly are having a hard time of it though.