Huge storms wreck about 1,800 houses

Around 1,800 houses in ten provinces were damaged after summer storms wreaked havoc across the Northeast and South over the weekend.

The storms battered 235 villages in Amnat Charoen, Surin, Chaiyaphum, Sakon Nakhon, Ubon Ratchathani, Udon Thani, Roi Et, Kalasin, Surat Thani and Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Meanwhile, the search for the missing crew members of fishing boats that were out at sea when the storms hit continued on Monday, with two navy patrol boats and a helicopter joining in off the coast of Nakhon Si Thammarat.

Officials said out of the 48 boats which went out to sea from Pak Phanang district over the weekend, ten capsized because of the storm.

Three people were pulled out of the sea by the helicopter. However, one person was found dead off Si Chon district, bringing the death toll from the storms to three as of Monday.

In Tha Sala district, rescue workers managed to save all crew members of three fishing boats which capsized due to the storm.

Out of the 16 crew members of eight boats which departed Muang district over the weekend, one died due to the storm.

In Sichon district, one trawler went out with four crew. Three of them were rescued, but a missing crewmember was feared dead.

In Surat Thani, ferry services between the mainland and Koh Samui and Koh Phangan remain unaffected, though one ferry docked at a pier took in water, prompting the closure of two piers.

Marine officials instructed Racha Ferry Co to close F1 and F2 piers until repairs were completed to the partially submerged ferry to prevent oil from spilling out.

The ferry is expected to be removed from the pier in the next two days.

Vocabulary

  • batter: to hit something hard many times - ตีติดต่อกัน, โจมตีติดต่อกัน
  • capsize: (of a boat or other object) to turn over in the water - คว่ำ, พลิกคว่ำ
  • crew members (noun): the people who work on a ship, aircraft, television programme, etc. - กลุ่มคนที่ทำงานร่วมกัน, ลูกเรือ
  • death toll: the number of people killed - ยอดผู้เสียชีวิต
  • meanwhile: at the same time - ในเวลาเดียวกัน
  • patrol boats: military or police boats that go around an area regular to make sure there is no trouble there - เรือลาดตระเวน
  • rescue worker: a person who save someone from a dangerous or unpleasant situation - ผู้ช่วยชีวิต
  • wreak havoc: to cause something bad to happen in a violent and often uncontrolled way - ทำให้เกิด ความเสียหายอย่างรุนแรง, ทำให้เกิดความหายนะ
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