L’Express
Thaïlande: 25 morts en 8 jours, le terrible bilan des inondations
Ajoutée le 10 janv. 2017
Le sud du pays est inaccessible
par voie terrestre. Les inondations ont coupé les habitants du sud du reste du
pays. Les fondations des deux principaux ponts reliant le sud au nord se sont
effondrées. La circulation ferroviaire est également coupée dans cette région,
où par endroits les rails ont été arrachées par les flots.
Au moins 25 personnes sont mortes et deux sont toujours portées disparues. Les zones touristiques, notamment la ville côtière de Krabi et l'île de Koh Samui ont été touchées par ces pluies torrentielles. Un résident de l'île contacté par L'Express a cependant assuré que la situation sur place "s'est largement améliorée depuis ce week-end."
Ces précipitations inhabituelles
pour la saison (la mousson en Thaïlande s'étend de juin à octobre), sont les
plus importantes depuis 30 ans, d'après le chef de la junte au pouvoir.
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Tuesday, 10 January 2017
21 dead 1 million affected after 2nd
deadly flooding event in less than a month in South Thailand after record rainfall
Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM)
report that 21 people have now died in the floods affecting southern provinces
of the country.
At least 11 provinces are in emergency situations as a result of
flooding which has affected over 1 million people. Thai Meteorological
Department has forecast further heavy rain until Tuesday, 10 January.
Nakhon Si Thammarat airport closed from 06 January and will possibly
re-open today, 09 January. Thai news agency NNT said that the province of
Nakhon Si Thammarat has suffered its worst flood crisis in 30 years with
300,000 people affected and seven people dead.
Unusually heavy rain for this time of year, influenced by low depression
and the strong northeast monsoon, has caused widespread flooding in southern
provinces of Thailand since 01 January, 2017.
This is the second deadly flood event within a month in south Thailand.
At least 11 people died and 350,000 were affected after flooding struck
southern provinces in December 2016.
As of 07 January the affected provinces included Pattani, Yala,
Narathiwat, Songkhla, Phattalung, Trang, Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Krabi, Surat
Thani, Chumphon and Ranong.
DDPM said that 91 districts, 569 sub-districts, 4,205 villages, 330,318
households and over 1 million people have been affected. Damages have been
reported to 218 roads, 59 bridges, 5 government facilities, 11 schools and 5
mosques.
Heavy rain over the last 48 hours has caused flooding in the province of
Prachuap Khiri Khan.
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