Friday, 04/08/2017 19:08 (GMT+7)
Floods in Thailand’s northern and eastern regions have killed at least 23 people and left two missing.
Floods in Thailand (Source: floodlist)
Ten provinces have been flooded due to heavy rains, affecting 721,500 people, the Interior Ministry said.
Flash floods have disrupted air travel, inundated rail tracks and swallowed farmland across the rice-farming region of Isaan, affecting more than one million Thais.
Hardest hit is Sakon Nakhon province, about 640km east of Bangkok, which has recorded nine deaths.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha flew to Sakon Nakhon on August 2nd and said the government was working on a major project to fix flooding.
Jirapan Assawathanakul, chief of the Thai General Insurance Association, said that his association estimated that insurance companies would have to pay around USD30 million in compensation for disaster relief. Total losses are estimated to be at least USD300 million./.
Compiled by BTA