One killed, 10 missing in flash floods, mudslide in Uttaradit
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Uttaradit - Heavy rains trigged off flash floods and mudslide that hit three villages here, killing one villager and injured over ten others. Ten other villagers also went missing.
Uttaradit disaster prevention and mitigation chief officer Surachai Thatkawin said the flash floods and mudslide occurred at about 2 am, affecting Moo 2, Moo 3 and Moo 4 villages in Tambon Namphai of Nampad district.
The three villages were also blacked out because power poles and cables were destroyed by floods.
The floods also damaged a bridge linking the three villages to the main road, causing them to be inaccessible.
At press time, Surachai was seeking a portable bridge from the Disaster Prevention Zone 8 head office to establish a link to the villages so that rescuers could go in to help the villagers.
The Nation
Uttaradit disaster prevention and mitigation chief officer Surachai Thatkawin said the flash floods and mudslide occurred at about 2 am, affecting Moo 2, Moo 3 and Moo 4 villages in Tambon Namphai of Nampad district.
The three villages were also blacked out because power poles and cables were destroyed by floods.
The floods also damaged a bridge linking the three villages to the main road, causing them to be inaccessible.
At press time, Surachai was seeking a portable bridge from the Disaster Prevention Zone 8 head office to establish a link to the villages so that rescuers could go in to help the villagers.
The Nation
