Uttaradit flooding forces school closures

[News Bandit]

UTTARADIT, Aug 27 - Uttaradit's Laplae district remains under floodwater today with several schools temporarily closed and 10,000 rai of rice fields inundated.

Seven villages in the northern province are submerged, affecting about 500 households.

Surapong Homsunthorn, head of Wat Phothong School in Laplae district, said his school closed today due to a flash flood from heavy downpours during the weekend. School staff are assessing damage. Floodwaters remain in several parts of the compound, including the stadium, child development centre and classroom buildings.

Resident Renu Prathapthong said her home is still swamped and the flood washed away 20,000 fish from her fish-breeding pond.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department warns that abundant rain is likely with isolated heavy rain over the country for the next dayh or two as a monsoon trough lies across the North and the upper Northeast. (MCOT online news)
 

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