All school classes for children in the middle and deep South are out, as floods ravage Narathiwat (above) and 10 other provinces. (Post Today photo)More than 41,000 students in 11 provinces in the South have been hard hit by severe floods, according to the Ministry of Education. This has caused severe floods in six nearby districts -- Pa Bon, Tamot, Kong Ra, Sri Nakharin, Sri Banphot and Pa Phayom in Phatthalung, according to officials. Large volumes of water have also flowed into villages flooding roads, including the Asia 41 Highway which is a main transportation route, and ravaging vast tracts of farmland. A 67-year-old resident, Prasoet Thongsut, said flooding near the Trang River is progressively getting more severe after land development blocked waterways.

Source: Bangkok Post December 04, 2017 21:33 UTC