Another landslide in Phuket but no casualties
JUST a few days after a landslide killed 13 people and damaged over 50 houses in Phuket’s Karon subdistrict another landslide damaged nine row houses in Mueang (city) district at dawn today (Aug. 28) but fortunately there were no casualties, Amarin TV said. Pol. Lt. Col. Sakon Krainara, deputy chief at Mueang police station, […]
Read MorePhuket landslide death toll climbs to 13
THE landslide triggered by torrential rain lashing Phuket from Thursday night to Friday morning (Aug. 22-23) killed 13 people with a Russian couple and some Myanmar citizens among them, Amarin TV said today (Aug. 24). Many people had also got hurt but their injuries were mostly minor. The landslide from Nakkerd Hill and toppled […]
Read More8 dead and 10 injured in Phuket landslide
TORRENTIAL RAIN that lashed Phuket all of last night till this morning (Aug. 22-23) triggered a landslide in Karon subdistrict killing eight people, among them a Russian couple, at four damaged houses and villas, TV Channel 7 and Amarin TV said this afternoon. Ten others have been injured while rescuers are searching for a […]
Read MoreOver 30 missing in landslide at Myanmar jade mine
By AP and published by CNA A LANDSLIDE at a jade mine in northern Myanmar left more than 30 people missing, and a search and rescue operation was underway today (Aug. 14), a rescue official said. The incident occurred in Hpakant, a remote mountainous town in Kachin state about 950 km north of Myanmar’s […]
Read More8 Koh Samui resort bungalows destroyed in rain-triggered landslide
TORRENTIAL rain lashed Koh Samui last night triggering a landslide in the wee hours that destroyed eight bungalows at Merit Resort but fortunately there were no fatalities with some staff only slightly injured, Matichon newspaper said today (Nov. 13). The tourist island’s administrators and related agencies today inspected the heavy damage at this resort, […]
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