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מתוך כתבה בתאילנד-לתשומת לב 26-10-03 Tourism badly affected by heavy floods in South Thailand Southern rail link under water Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi worst hit Tourism in Hua Hin and Cha-Am badly affected All southern train routes have been closed and tourism in Cha-am and Hua Hin has been badly affected by heavy floods in Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan after three dams there released water on Friday night. The Meteorological Department is warning that a new depression will cause heavy rains in the upper South and lower Central region. It could cause sudden floods in risky areas of four provinces. Several districts of Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan and sections of Phet Kasem highway in Phetchaburi, Pran Buri and Hua Hin were flooded after the three dams in the two provinces _ the Phetchaburi, the Kaeng Kracharn and the Pran Buri dams were forced to release excess water on Friday night. Tourists in Cha-am and Hua Hin cancelled hotel reservations and some travellers changed their minds en route and went elsewhere. Several roads were under high floodwaters and impassable by small vehicles, and a bypass road between Cha-am and Pran Buri was closed from 9am yesterday. The State Railway of Thailand suspended operations of all southern-route trains after heavy floods in Hua Hin and Cha-am. Sukumal Sritula, chief of the SRT's public relations division, said passengers could return their tickets for full refunds. Parts of Baan Cha-am and Hua Hin railway stations were severely inundated. Passengers of three trains between Yala and Bangkok, Butterworth and Bangkok, and Sungai Kolok-Bangkok were transferred by bus to Bangkok yesterday. In Prachuap Khiri Khan, floodwaters at Bang Saphan hospital were receding, but the situation in Hua Hin and Sam Roi Yot districts was still of concern amid continued heavy downpours. Floodwater levels on Friday evening were 15cm in Thab Sakae district, 50cm in Bang Saphan district, 50cm in Kui Buri, Pran Buri and Hua Hin districts, and up to 1m in Bang Saphan district's tambon Wong Prasart. In Surat Thani, the 1st and 2nd naval fleets continued searching for 24 missing crewmen including seven Thais and 17 aliens after the fishing trawler Chongsathaporn 8 sank. They hold out little chance of finding them alive. Naval aircraft yesterday spent two hours flying around a 100-square-mile area where the boat capsized, but found no survivors or wreckage. On the same day, the Second Fleet was asked to send a speedboat or a helicopter to rescue Wichian Sriruang, 47, a crewman of the Krissada 29 fishing boat who lost one leg in an accident in the South China Sea on Thursday. The Meteorological Department said a low pressure belt was moving from Burma into the Andaman Sea and would intensify into a depression. The new storm would cause heavy downpours in the upper South and the lower Central Region and could cause sudden floods and forest runoffs in low-lying and risky areas of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi. Fishermen have been warned to put to sea with care amid strong winds and 2-3m-high waves in the Gulf of Thailand. In Songkhla, the province set up a disaster relief centre at provincial hall to help victims.
מתוך כתבה בתאילנד-לתשומת לב 26-10-03 Tourism badly affected by heavy floods in South Thailand Southern rail link under water Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi worst hit Tourism in Hua Hin and Cha-Am badly affected All southern train routes have been closed and tourism in Cha-am and Hua Hin has been badly affected by heavy floods in Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan after three dams there released water on Friday night. The Meteorological Department is warning that a new depression will cause heavy rains in the upper South and lower Central region. It could cause sudden floods in risky areas of four provinces. Several districts of Phetchaburi and Prachuap Khiri Khan and sections of Phet Kasem highway in Phetchaburi, Pran Buri and Hua Hin were flooded after the three dams in the two provinces _ the Phetchaburi, the Kaeng Kracharn and the Pran Buri dams were forced to release excess water on Friday night. Tourists in Cha-am and Hua Hin cancelled hotel reservations and some travellers changed their minds en route and went elsewhere. Several roads were under high floodwaters and impassable by small vehicles, and a bypass road between Cha-am and Pran Buri was closed from 9am yesterday. The State Railway of Thailand suspended operations of all southern-route trains after heavy floods in Hua Hin and Cha-am. Sukumal Sritula, chief of the SRT's public relations division, said passengers could return their tickets for full refunds. Parts of Baan Cha-am and Hua Hin railway stations were severely inundated. Passengers of three trains between Yala and Bangkok, Butterworth and Bangkok, and Sungai Kolok-Bangkok were transferred by bus to Bangkok yesterday. In Prachuap Khiri Khan, floodwaters at Bang Saphan hospital were receding, but the situation in Hua Hin and Sam Roi Yot districts was still of concern amid continued heavy downpours. Floodwater levels on Friday evening were 15cm in Thab Sakae district, 50cm in Bang Saphan district, 50cm in Kui Buri, Pran Buri and Hua Hin districts, and up to 1m in Bang Saphan district's tambon Wong Prasart. In Surat Thani, the 1st and 2nd naval fleets continued searching for 24 missing crewmen including seven Thais and 17 aliens after the fishing trawler Chongsathaporn 8 sank. They hold out little chance of finding them alive. Naval aircraft yesterday spent two hours flying around a 100-square-mile area where the boat capsized, but found no survivors or wreckage. On the same day, the Second Fleet was asked to send a speedboat or a helicopter to rescue Wichian Sriruang, 47, a crewman of the Krissada 29 fishing boat who lost one leg in an accident in the South China Sea on Thursday. The Meteorological Department said a low pressure belt was moving from Burma into the Andaman Sea and would intensify into a depression. The new storm would cause heavy downpours in the upper South and the lower Central Region and could cause sudden floods and forest runoffs in low-lying and risky areas of Prachuap Khiri Khan, Phetchaburi, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi. Fishermen have been warned to put to sea with care amid strong winds and 2-3m-high waves in the Gulf of Thailand. In Songkhla, the province set up a disaster relief centre at provincial hall to help victims.