Flooding forced the airport to close as a safety precaution yesterday pending an assessment today, he added. In Songkhla, eight trains transiting Nakhon Si Thammarat Station, including one originating in Bangkok, were suspended for another two days as a flooded 200-metre railway section was to be repaired by tonight. Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department chief Chayapol Thitisak warned that 10 provinces in the South, particularly Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung and Songkhla, would face another round of heavy rains and possible flooding and landslides through Monday. All of Nakhon Si Thammarat’s 465,399 residents in 163 tambons spanning 23 districts were affected by the floods and seven deaths have been reported with 277 homes partially damaged. Many claimed they heard the mountain “crack” during flash floods yesterday that poured a torrent of water into a river, sweeping away shacks selling souvenirs on the riverbank.

Source: The Nation Bangkok December 07, 2017 19:18 UTC