After a boat tour and briefings from local officials, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha explained to Sakon Nakhon how to clear floodwaters and clean up the town in a week. "Now we are using 40 to 50 pumps to drain water from flood-hit areas in Sakon Nakhon," he said. The prime minister applied both a hose and a broom to Sakon Nakhon street during his visit. (Photos Twitter/@wassanananuam)The prime minister then travelled to Nakhon Phanom to inspect floodwater discharged from Sakon Nakhon at a sluice gate in That Phanom district. Seven of 12 districts in Nakhon Phanom were reported to have been hit hard after the province was inundated with floodwater from Sakon Nakhon.

Source: Bangkok Post August 02, 2017 22:41 UTC