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Typhoon Rai left a trail of destruction, killed at least 375 people with many still missing, and damaged nearly 350,000 houses, but people in the affected areas are soldiering on.

The iconic Si Sao Thewes residence, a long-time home of General Prem Tinsulanonda, is now no more than a pile of debris.

High waves have been battering houses near the shore in Trang’s Libong island for the past five years, and many have been irreparably damaged.

Storms hit Chainat, Lamphun, Phayao, Phitsanulok, Udon Thani, Nong Bua Lamphu, Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen, Chon Buri, Sing Buri, Saraburi, Nonthaburi and Krabi, causing at least one death and damaging 160 houses since July 6.

Almost 9,000 houses in 41 provinces have been destroyed by a summer storm and need aid from the government, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said.

A woman in Phayao province has recorded on her phone a video of the moment when she had to grab her child and find cover after a storm ripped off her house roof.

Bueng Kan Governor Sanit Kaosa-ard visited residents affected by a summer storm that destroyed several houses in the province.

A schoolboy in Nakhon Pathom was crushed to death at 8pm yesterday (April 21) after a summer storm slammed into the province just north of Bangkok.

The Army has deployed troops in areas of Khon Kaen province hammered by a hailstorm on Wednesday (March 4) that left 422 homes damaged.

A hailstorm hit Mae Sai, Chiang Saen and Mae Chan districts in Chiang Rai province on Saturday night (December 28) and felled several big trees, causing destruction in the area.

Tropical storm Pabuk has exited Nakhon Si Thammarat towards the Andaman Sea, leaving behind a trail of destruction. Numerous houses were damaged and also public infrastructure such as electric poles and roads among others. 

Office of Narcotics Control Board secretary-general Niyom Termsrisuk walks reporters through the measures taken with illegal drugs confiscated by police, during a demonstration at the agency’s Narcotics Analysis and Technical Service Institute in Bangkok on Thursday.