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Restoration work begins reviving Hat Yai after flood recedes
HAT YAI, Nov 4 -- Restoration work has begun to revive the regionally vital Hat Yai commercial district in Thailand's southern province of Songkhla after heavy flooding has receded and local residents gradually are coming out to receive relief packages and buy fresh food supplies.
Some government offices in the district reopened for normal service on Thursday, and the water level covering the important railway switchyards at Hat Yai Junction decreased.
The well-known Kim Yong maket has returned to normal and Hat Yai Hospital is operating normally.
The authorities said the most needed for flood victims at the moment are electric torches, candles, lighters, and matches as some parts of the district still have no electricity.
Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam said more than 3,000 volunteers and soldiers would join together to clean up the district after the water receded and believed the cleaning operation would be complete within three days.
Hat Yai Mayor Prai Pattano said the basic infrastructure -- roads, piped water and electricity -- were gradually functioning and the most wanted commodities for flood victims now were clean drinking water, rice, dried foods and consumer goods.
Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) governor Narongsak Kamales said some parts of Hat Yai started to have electricity since 9pm last night but he warned the residents to carefully check the electrical system before turn on any switch.
Meanwhile, many provinces in the southern region are in critical condition, particularly Chumphon and Surat Thani.
At Luan Suan district of Chumphon, rescue workers brave the 3 metre deep tide of flood water to help villagers stranded at their homes.
At Chaiya district of Surat Thani, the authorities have issued warning of the overflow of Tapi River.
A Chaiya district authority said the water level remained stable around the district but the centre was receding after the rain has stopped. Plan would be crafted to help the stranded residents.
The road along Chaweng Beach on Ko Samui was submerged. The black-out occurred at tourism spots for the second day last night and many tourists stranded at their hotels.
Phang Nga and Nakhon Si Thammarat were under closed watched as the rain persisted.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said that as of 4pm on Wednesday, the death toll from flood disaster had reached 122. The casualties in the central and north eastern regions from Oct 10-Nov 3 were 110.
The death toll from the flood in four provinces of the southern region-Songkhla, Satun, Surat Thani and Pattani reached 12.
The department said 29 provinces nationwide remain flooded while 19 provinces are getting better and recovering.
The disaster and weather services also warned of heavy rainfall and thunder storm due to a tropical storm which crossing Andaman coastal areas, the central south, and middle Gulf of Thailand.
It said the residents in 14 southern provinces who live in at risk areas near mountainsides, waterways, lowland, to prepare for flash flood and inundation during Nov 4-7. (MCOT online news)
Some government offices in the district reopened for normal service on Thursday, and the water level covering the important railway switchyards at Hat Yai Junction decreased.
The well-known Kim Yong maket has returned to normal and Hat Yai Hospital is operating normally.
The authorities said the most needed for flood victims at the moment are electric torches, candles, lighters, and matches as some parts of the district still have no electricity.
Deputy Interior Minister Thaworn Senneam said more than 3,000 volunteers and soldiers would join together to clean up the district after the water receded and believed the cleaning operation would be complete within three days.
Hat Yai Mayor Prai Pattano said the basic infrastructure -- roads, piped water and electricity -- were gradually functioning and the most wanted commodities for flood victims now were clean drinking water, rice, dried foods and consumer goods.
Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) governor Narongsak Kamales said some parts of Hat Yai started to have electricity since 9pm last night but he warned the residents to carefully check the electrical system before turn on any switch.
Meanwhile, many provinces in the southern region are in critical condition, particularly Chumphon and Surat Thani.
At Luan Suan district of Chumphon, rescue workers brave the 3 metre deep tide of flood water to help villagers stranded at their homes.
At Chaiya district of Surat Thani, the authorities have issued warning of the overflow of Tapi River.
A Chaiya district authority said the water level remained stable around the district but the centre was receding after the rain has stopped. Plan would be crafted to help the stranded residents.
The road along Chaweng Beach on Ko Samui was submerged. The black-out occurred at tourism spots for the second day last night and many tourists stranded at their hotels.
Phang Nga and Nakhon Si Thammarat were under closed watched as the rain persisted.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said that as of 4pm on Wednesday, the death toll from flood disaster had reached 122. The casualties in the central and north eastern regions from Oct 10-Nov 3 were 110.
The death toll from the flood in four provinces of the southern region-Songkhla, Satun, Surat Thani and Pattani reached 12.
The department said 29 provinces nationwide remain flooded while 19 provinces are getting better and recovering.
The disaster and weather services also warned of heavy rainfall and thunder storm due to a tropical storm which crossing Andaman coastal areas, the central south, and middle Gulf of Thailand.
It said the residents in 14 southern provinces who live in at risk areas near mountainsides, waterways, lowland, to prepare for flash flood and inundation during Nov 4-7. (MCOT online news)