Perilous
Times and Climate Change
Thailand death Toll rises to 13 after storm abates
by Staff Writers
Bangkok (AFP) Aug 5, 2011
The toll from floods and mudslides in Thailand caused by the tail
end of tropical storm Nock-ten has risen to 13, Thai authorities
said on Friday.
Sixteen northern provinces were inundated by the storm, which left
more than 60 people dead in the Philippines last month but has
since subsided, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department
said.
Of those killed, seven died in a single mudslide in the
mountainous province of Mae Hong Son, near the northwestern border
with Myanmar, authorities said. One person remains missing.
Rising waters have affected the livelihoods of almost three
quarters of a million people in Thailand, and damaged roads,
bridges and reservoirs, the department said. Flooding has receded
in two provinces.
Most of those killed in the Philippines were said to have drowned
or been buried in landslides, while most of the missing were
fishermen who vanished at sea when the storm hit.