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| Sunday, 6 October 2002 |
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Thais brace for more flooding, toll at 122 BANGKOK, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Thailand could face more serious flooding if heavy rains continue next week while the country waits for the worst spring tide, weather officials said on Saturday. Monsoon rains have lashed most of Thailand since early August and flooding has claimed 122 lives, excluding 16 ethnic Karen refugees died last month when flash floods swept through makeshift homes in a camp. Officials said they expect the more serious spring tide around October 8 to 10, after last Friday's, which had been expected to be the worst, did not materialise. The Meteorological Department said parts of Thailand face scattered thundershowers and isolated heavy rains until next week. The interior ministry estimated on Friday the cost of damage from floods so far at 1.54 billion baht ($35.41 million), up from 1.4 billion baht late last month. The ministry said floods had damaged farmland of more than a million hectares (2.5 million acres) in area. Thailand is the world's top exporter of rice, rubber and tapioca, and one of Asia's major sugar exporters. |
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