Heavy downpours in many southern provinces have resulted in fatalities and devastated public and private properties and farmland. Authorities are racing against time to evacuate residents who have had time to move and to rescue those who are stranded. 

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30 MAR 2011

Heavy Downpours

Heavy downpours in many southern provinces have resulted in fatalities and devastated public and private properties and farmland. Authorities are racing against time to evacuate residents who have had time to move and to rescue those who are stranded. 

 
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Heavy Downpours
Rescue workers help transport sick villagers from their flooded homes to a hospital in downtown Surat Thani. In some areas, large trucks were used to ferry the people to hospitals. By Supapong Chaolan
Heavy Downpours
Rescue workers use a flat-bottomed boat to take sick people from their homes as flood waters continued to rise in many areas of Surat Thani. By Supapong Chaolan
Heavy Downpours
Residents walk along a beachfront road as waves strike the beach along Talumpuk Cape in Nakhon Si Thammarat's Pak Phanang district on Tuesday. High waves have battered coastal fishing communities in the area. By Nucharee Rakrun
Heavy Downpours
A tourist braves strong currents in the Bophut area. Thousands of tourists have been stranded as ferry services and flights and to and from Koh Samui were cancelled earlier because of the wild weather. By Arthur Jones Dionio
Heavy Downpours
A mudslide batters a house in Kaeng Krung National park in Chaiya district of Surat Thani. By Supapong Chaolan
Heavy Downpours
A flat-bottomed boat is sent to help transport people and personal belongings out of flood-stricken areas in Lan Saka district of Nakhon Si Thammarat province. By Nucharee Rakrun
Heavy Downpours
A crocodiles was captured after breaking loose from the Somdet Phra Sri Nakharin Park 84 in flood-ravaged Nakhon Si Thammarat earlier this week. By Nucharee Rakrun
Heavy Downpours
A man walks past debris and a damaged home in tambon Na Khao of Krabi yesterday following a landslide triggered by persistent heavy downpours in the South.
Heavy Downpours
Villagers in tambon Na Khao in Krabi's Khao Phanom district wait for help after landslides killed at least 10 people and left several dozen missing. Three villages were struck by landslides triggered by floodwater run-off from Phanom Bencha Mountain.