Boy, 5, drowns in South flash floodThe rain-swollen Tha Ha canal passes beneath the suspension bridge at Ban Khiriwong in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Lan Saka district. (Photo: Nujaree Rakrun)NAKHON SI THAMMARAT: A five-year-old boy drowned in flash flooding as Tha Ha canal overflowed in Lan Saka district on Wednesday morning after two days of heavy rain. Nearly two hours later they found the boy dead, two kilometres from where he went missing, Pol Col Somkid Damkliang, the Lan Saka police chief, said. The body was sent to Lan Saka Hospital for post-mortem examination. Chokdee Lerttham, of Ban Khiriwong, said the flood hit there about 9am.

Source: Bangkok Post November 10, 2021 20:33 UTC