Many parts of Phuket island resort province have been flooded, inflicting widespread site visitors chaos, following heavy downpours from early Saturday evening to Sunday morning.
Governor Narong Woonciew stated all catastrophe prevention and mitigation centres had been instructed to provide manpower and equipment to assist flood victims in water ranging from knee-deep to waist-high.
Udonporn Kan, chief of the provincial catastrophe stop and mitigation workplace, stated the flooded areas included tambons Thep Kasattri, Si Sunthorn, Patong, Kamala, Choeng Thalay and Pa Khlok in Thalang district.
He stated in tambon Patong, there was a landslide on the uphill slope to Patong mountain. Patong hearth division employees had been working onerous to take away the fallen earth from the street. Many energy posts additionally fell throughout the street, prompting the Provincial Electrical energy Authority to briefly reduce off the ability, pending repairs.
Pol Col Pisit Chuenphet, the Thalang police chief, stated the Thep Kasattri street – each in-bound and out-bound – was satisfactory solely to huge automobiles.
The Phuket worldwide airport issued an announcement, asking passengers to go away for the airport 3-4 hours sooner than their scheduled departures to stop lacking their flights.
The Nakhon Phuket Municipality’s public relations workplace additionally issued an announcement, saying that water in Klong Bangyai canal had risen as a result of heavy rain, inflicting flooding in lots of areas.
Folks in want of assist or wanting sandbags to construct flood-prevention partitions had been suggested to name 076-211111, 199 or Phuket Municipality quantity 1132.
The third Naval Space additionally deployed 4 rapid-response cellular groups to assist flood-hit folks on the Previous City space, the Tha Rua shrine and Satri Phuket College. – Bangkok Post
