Ten bodies recovered in Krabi run-off

Ten bodies of a village hit by flashflood and mudslide early Wednesday have been recovered, a district chief said.

Supoj Chanakit, the chief of Khao Phanom district in Krabi, said ten bodies have been recovered from a downstream river.

Supoj said the victims were believed to be residents of Moo 7 village in Tambon Na Khao.

Supoj said Moo 7 was the first village hit by flashflood and mudslide from the Phanom Benja Mountains at four am Wednesday.

Several other villages in three tambon of the district were also hit by flashfloods and mudslide, he said, adding that many villagers went missing.

The district chief said villagers in the three tambon had been evacuated to safe area.

"I think the death toll will rise because it happened so fast that the villages cold not flee," Supoj said.

Krabi MP Arkom Engchuan said the Moo 7 village in Tambon Na Khao was located next to the highest mountain in the province.

Arkom said several days of rains caused the soil to be saturated with rain water until the landslide occurred.

Arkom said he received reports that about 30 villagers went missing.