2nd round of flooding hits Thailand

 A hundred of households in southern province of Songkhal`s Hat Yai district were inundated by a second round of flooding this year, Thai News Agency reported on Friday.

Up to a hundred households along U-tapao canal in Songkhla`s Hat Yai district was affected by overflowed from the canal`s banks. The overflow inundated communities along the canal, and flooding blocked a shortcut roadway linking two districts.

Several provinces in the south, including Songkhla, have faced flash flood, caused by heavy rain in early January. Not long after the first round of flood started to recede, the provinces started to be flooded again due to another round of monsoon.

However, the flash flood which hit many communities in the outer areas of Hat Yai district has receded. Flooding on Kanchanawanit Road, connecting Hat Yai and Sadao districts has fallen as the water quickly flowed into the U-tapao canal, the report said.

The local weather service in Songkhla warned of heavy rain and flash floods in the lower south on Friday through Sunday in Narathiwat, Yala, Pattani, Songkhla, Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang and Satun and from Saturday through Monday in Phatthalung, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Surat Thani, Chumphon and Prachuap Khiri Khan.

The meteorological department also forecast high waves in the Gulf of Thailand and small boats were advised to stay ashore.

Source: ANTARA