The bus lies overturned in Nakhon Sri Thammarat's Sichon district on Wednesday morning after it was washed off the road by a flash flood overnight. (Photo by @K5_Rescue Twitter account)Two elderly women were carried away by the strong current and drowned when a packed bus was swept off the road by a flash flood while travelling from Surat Thani to Nakhon Sri Thammarat on Tuesday night. The bus, carrying 52 passengers, ended up overturned in a roadside waterway in tambon Thungsai in Nakhon Sri Thammarat's Sichon district. Nakhon Sri Thammarat is among the southern provinces along the Gulf coast where flash-flood warnings have been issued as the strong northeastern monsoon hammers the region. In the province's Lan Saka district, a flash flood also burst into a resort late on Tuesday night, sending guests running for safety.

Source: Bangkok Post December 06, 2017 03:45 UTC