PHUKET: Of Phuket Director, Department of prevention of disasters and mitigation also criticized construction and waste for a large part of the flood damage of spent 24 hours – and said that Phuket needs to be better prepared for wild times.
“People give enough thought to this kind of event,” said San Janthawong the DDPM.
“Cooperation is needed to ensure of garbage block drains and each local Council must ensure that construction sites are strictly controlled”.
Phuket tonight was cleaning after the intense that briefly suspended flights to Phuket International Airport, flooded Patong literally depth of waste in places, destroys houses in a landslide and cut power to much of the West Coast.
Families in at least a village of Chalong, with their houses still filled with water, were bedding in the tents, tonight.
Most tragic of all, the family of a British tourist in 20 years has been mourning his death by electrocution in a puddle “live” to Soi Bangla on 06. A friend was lucky to escape with less severe shock.
With more rain forecast and the possibility of flooding more, owner of pharmacy of Patong Bongkotmas Ruangsri echoed the opinion of many merchants when she said: “Patong is simply not prepared for this kind of thing.
“Other flood-prone centres have the ability to get sick and output and to rescue people in potential danger. I have seen any vehicles or vessels. »
Khun Bongkotmas was actively shifting of goods in his shop “90 pharmacy” on the floor where they will remain dry, and where she intended to spend tonight in the case of a second severe flood combat.
“I was four years and never given something like it”, she said.
Khun San of the DDPM said that it is clear today that each Board of Phuket needed an excavator which could erase the channels in an emergency.
“One of the main difficulties is that channels are often limited by the greedy land owners who seek to optimize the space on their land”, he said.
“The result is that when there is exceptional rainfall, water cannot escape.”
Landslides were another fear, especially with forecasts for more rain this week, he said.
He said “Each local Council must ensure that construction sites are consistent with the rules”. “There must be serious action on this issue, or there will be disastrous landslides a day”.
At least two houses and a vehicle were severely damaged today in a landslide in central Kathu.
“Owners of land where building took place always denied responsibility. “The law is full of faults”, he said.
“Anyone who leaves Phuket for six months, then returns note the rapidity of change”.
Around the region of Phuket, other provinces were also severely affected by the wild weather. The road between Phang Nga and Surat Thani was cut, the centre holiday in Khao Lak reported severe flooding and more rain was forecast for the whole of the Andaman coast Sunday.
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