"Koh Samui island is declared disaster zone on Thursday after it was hit by heavy rain the night before.
The rain caused flood in several locations. Water level on the main road is at 30 centimetre high.
Hundreds of tourists are left stranded as weather condition prevented aircrafts from taking off since late Wednesday. Authorities are trying to pump water into river to alleviate the problem and prevent further flooding if rain comes again.
Surat Thani provincial office sent 170 soldiers into the island to assist locals and tourists."
http://www.bangkokpost.com/breaking_news/b...s.php?id=123403
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Koh Samui declared disaster area
Started by Kirkland, Nov 08 2007 05:52 PM
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 11:27 AM
IMHO, the bloom has been off Koh Samui for awhile now. I know two expats who lived there for over 7 years and have since moved to Phuket and Bangkok. The big problem is that they built and built and built without expanding the infrastructure to handle it all. Now, they have no place to dump garbage and the streets are flooded and filled with foul-smelling sewage when it rains. This is one paradise turned sour by just too much development. I am afraid that Pattaya is headed in exactly the same direction.
