Tourists rescued as floods hit Nakhon Si Thammarat

Two are Finnish, one is German, and two others are Thai.
Marine Police Division chief Maj-General Krittapon Yeesakorn said yesterday that the tourists had been stranded at the resort in Khanom district because floodwater was too high for them to wade out on their own.
“But we have already helped them,” he said. “We have also given relief items to local people in the same area.”
In the province’s Muang district, some 20 children and adults were evacuated from a state-owned facility for infants and families.
In the face of raging floodwaters, they sought shelter at the Ban Sri Thammarat Home for Boys.

Worst storm in decade
Meanwhile, a few foreign tourists on Koh Samui took advantage of the flooded streets, drawing bemused looks from locals as they bobbed along in inflatable tubes sipping beers. Tuula Fitzpatrick, the owner of the Moby Dick guesthouse near Samui’s main party strip, said the flooding was the worst to hit the island in over a decade.
“In our guesthouse there were lots of people whose flights were cancelled,” she said.
“I’ve been living here for 12 years and I’ve never seen it so bad ... It was scary. Some of my staff couldn’t come to work.”