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Fri, 09/30/2011 - 11:14
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Thailand's flood death toll rises to 188
BANGKOK, September 30 (TNA) - The Thai Ministry of Interior's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Friday that the country's flood-related fatalities have risen to 188; while three others have remained missing.
The department's director-general, Wibul Sanguanpong, confirmed that inundations have remained in 23 Thai provinces in the lower northern, northeastern, eastern and central regions, affecting some 1.89 million people.
Wibun also warned people in areas at risk in the Thai North, Northeast and South, particularly those living near hillsides and waterways, to brace for more heavy downpours with possible flash floods and landslides from September 30-October 3.
Meanwhile, a Thai soldier attached to the 4th Signal Battalion at the Naresuan Maharaj Camp reportedly died after falling from an army truck while taking part in a flood relief operation in Muang District of Pitsanulok Province in the lower Thai North on Friday. (TNA)
The department's director-general, Wibul Sanguanpong, confirmed that inundations have remained in 23 Thai provinces in the lower northern, northeastern, eastern and central regions, affecting some 1.89 million people.
Wibun also warned people in areas at risk in the Thai North, Northeast and South, particularly those living near hillsides and waterways, to brace for more heavy downpours with possible flash floods and landslides from September 30-October 3.
Meanwhile, a Thai soldier attached to the 4th Signal Battalion at the Naresuan Maharaj Camp reportedly died after falling from an army truck while taking part in a flood relief operation in Muang District of Pitsanulok Province in the lower Thai North on Friday. (TNA)
