Samui flooded as rain batters Surat Thani

Several areas on Koh Samui have been flooded as heavy rain struck the resort island and other locations in mainland Surat Thani province on Saturday.

Koh Samui district chief Paibul Omak told INN news agency that some communities and markets faced inundations of water up to 40 centimetres deep following steady rain exacerbated by high tides in the Gulf of Thailand.

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