Storms damage hundreds of homes in north and northeast
Tropical storms wreaked havoc in several provinces in the North and Northeast on Sunday night, officials said on Monday.
In Phitsanulok, more than 420 houses and about 250 rai of farmland were damaged in Nakhon Thai district. Fortunately, no casuŽalties were reported. In Loei, a hailstorm damaged more than 100 homes on Sunday night, provincial disaster prevenŽtionandmitigation chief Suthep Maneechote said. Most of the homes were in Chiang Khan's Tambon Khaokaew and Pak Chom's Tambon Huai Pichai. "Each hailstone was between 0.5 of an inch and 2 inches in diamŽeter," he said, adding that a power blackout also occurred during the hailstorm. Suthep said officials were surveying damage in the affected areas and providing urgent assistance. A Loeibased weather bureau said the hail and rainstorms would continue in the Northeast, espeŽcially in the region's northern disŽtricts. Meanwhile, people in Ubon Ratchathani's Pho Sai district were praying for rain. Tawat Saengdaeng, who heads Tambon Pho Sai Administrative Organisation, said there had been no rain in his area at all since the start of this year. "Local people are suffering from the drought," he said. The Nation
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