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Flooding in Yala eases in 6 districts – accelerates opening of land slide road

Yala, Flooding in 6 Yala districts has eased, while villagers in the Bannang Sata area Still facing the problem of soil slides covering roads and houses. suffered

Flood situation in Yala Province. Although the flood situation has mostly subsided, the Bannang Sata District area is still affected by a slide blocking the road in the area of ??Ban Talat Nikhom, Taling Chan Subdistrict. Local agencies are rushing to survey and use backhoes. Open the path where there was a slide of dirt on the road in the village. Between Ban Nikhom Kue Long and Ban Km. 26 for the public to use for basic transportation.

while in the area of ??Ban Nikhom Kuelong There were landslides covering the route in many places. Especially the route from Soi Main Go to Lubo's house. There is a soil slide covering the path for more than 2 kilometers. Taling Chan Subdistrict Administrative Organization hastened to open the path for the Electricity Authority. Repair damaged power poles and wires. in order to supply electricity to the people This is because some areas have not had electricity for the 5th day already.

As for the damage to people's homes Some pickup trucks were swept away by flash floods , taking the vehicles along with the water. Found it again, about 2 kilometers from the house, while some houses were completely destroyed by the water, such as the house of Mrs. Pusadee, 48 years old. The property in the house disappeared before sight. Fortunately, the people in the house were able to escape in time. After hearing the sound of water in the creek carrying stones with the water, it made a frightening noise.

Meanwhile, the house of Mr. Kham, 82, was destroyed by a landslide that crushed the house, three cars and motorcycles, as well as equipment and tools. gardening tools It was damaged by the soil flowing over it. Ready to reveal that Very shocked by the event Have been in the area for a long time Never before had a disaster caused this much damage. Mrs. Kwanta's side who lives in the same house, said that when the incident happened around 4 a.m., they heard a loud noise from a tree falling, and then the dogs barked loudly. Open the door and take a look. I saw that in front of the house there was a landslide.

Flood, storm and landslide incident command center, Yala province, summarizes the situation. Flooding in the area The situation has been resolved in 6 districts and has not yet been resolved in 2 districts, namely Mueang Yala District. and Raman District 21,185 households were affected. Currently, 122 households, 465 people are still affected. There are 4 deaths. Agricultural area 7,945 rai.

While the Public Health Department summarized the overall flood situation in 5 southern provinces: Satun, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat, a total of 34 districts, 109,282 households were affected. It has been resolved in 2 provinces. There is still flooding in 3 provinces, namely Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala, people. 18,783 households were affected. Overall, water levels decreased.

Source: Thai News Agency