CHUMPHON -- Thung Tako and Lang Suan districts have been hit by floods following a heavy rainstorm that also sank a fishing boat in the sea off Chumphon, leaving seven crew missing. According to local media, from about 10pm on Tuesday a flash flood inundated Highway 41 between kilometre markers 47 and 48 in front of Thung Tako police station in Thung Tako district. In Lang Suan district, water flowed into Lang Suan Hospital, which was heavily flooded on Jan 5-7, to flood an old out-patient building. Narong Ponla-iad, the Chumphon governor, instructed Lang Suan district chief Kittipop Roddon to quickly pump water out of the hospital. About 8.28am on Wednesday, a car skidded off a curve and plunged into the Lang Suan River while it was heading from tambon Pak Nam Lang Suan to Lang Suan market.

Source: Bangkok Post January 18, 2017 05:59 UTC