NAKHON SI THAMMARAT, Dec 18 (TNA) -The body of a ten-year-old boy has been discovered after he was swept away by flood in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Cha-uat district on Sunday.
He is the first flood- related death in the ongoing flood in the province. Local Disaster Prevention and Mitigation office reports one missing person, a 70-year-old man, who went fishing and disappeared.
Flooding has affected about 140,000 residents in 20 districts.
Meanwhile, the flood situation has receded in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s provincial seat after rainfall decreased last night.
The situation has returned to normal in the business areas and residents have cleaned their houses and shops this morning.
However, flooding remains in some low-lying areas, where roads are impassable for motorcycles.
The authorities expect to drain all floodwater out of the town by today if there is no more rain. (TNA)
