Thailand Floods 2011 KILLED 244 | Phuket Flood Latest News. At least 244 people have been killed with heavy rains and flooding in the Thailand. Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva flew to the south to visit Thailand-flood-hit areas.
Thailand’s 58 provinces out of total 77 provinces have been inundated by the flood water which affected at least two million more. Victims were either swept away by the rising waters, or buried in mudslides as the unseasonably wet weather deluged the homes and businesses of around a million people in what should be one of the hottest months of the year.
Torrential rains persist in many areas over the south and resident should be alert for possible flash floods. The risk areas included the provinces of Chumphon, Ranong, Phuket, Phangnga, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Trang and Satun.
All flights were cancelled and ferry services to the tourist islands of Koh Samui, Phangan and Koh Tao were suspended as waves reached 4 metres high in the Gulf of Thailand due to Thailand flood.
Deputy Primie Minister Suthep Thaugsuban said in a statement, “There are roughly one million people affected in many provinces. At first we thought the flood would last a day or two, but now it has already been one week”.
Thailand’s monsoon rainy season this year has been the most severe in 50 years, according to the state weather forecast agency. Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has said that emergency center has been set up at Don Mueang International Airport in Bangkok.
Bangkok Airways said there were 2,000 people, mostly tourists, stranded on Samui island either at the airport or in hotels after the airline cancelled flights in a row due to Thailand flood. World Heritage Site Buddhist temples which is in the ancient capital of Ayutthaya, is also lapping by the flood water.
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