Thai floods death toll hits 41

[Cruxx]

The cruel irony is that natural disasters often befall on the religious parts of the world rather than the irreligious ones. Think Haiti, America, Indonesia et al. But what do I, an atheist, know? God must have a special plan for her children.

 

[postnew]

An aerial view shows the flooded Hat Yai district of Songkhla province, south of Bangkok, on Tuesday Nov 2, 2010. A tropical depression that dumped two days of constant rain on southern Thailand has caused flooding that forced rail service to shut down and thousands of residents to flee. (AP Photo)​

 

[postnew]

An aerial view shows flooded Muang district in Yala Province southern of Bangkok Tuesday Nov. 2. 2010.​

 

[postnew]

Thai government officers ride on a boat through flood waters following heavy rains in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on November 2, 2010. Thailand battled November 2 to rescue thousands of people trapped in their homes after flash floods -- several metres deep in places -- swept through a southern city, cutting power and communications. Heavy flooding has already killed more than 100 people around the country since October 10 and with the disaster spreading there were fears of more casualties.​

 

[postnew]

A Thai woman walks through flood waters to feed her chickens following heavy rains in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

Children play in flood water as a man casts his fishing net in an area affected by floods in Thailand's southern Pattani province November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

Thai people save belongings from their house in a village hit by floods in the southern province of Pattani November 2, 2010​

 

[postnew]

A woman looks at debris of her house, which was destroyed by flood waters, in Thailand's southern Pattani province November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

Thai people make their way through a flooded area in the southern province of Pattani November 2, 2010. Heavy rains drenched the main rubber growing region in Thailand on Tuesday, flooding commercial hub Hat Yai, while 12,000 people were evacuated from bordering regions in Malaysia.​

 

[postnew]

Thai people inspect the damage at their village hit by floods in the southern province of Pattani November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

Thai children float on a rubber ring through flood waters following heavy rains in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on November 2, 2010.

A Thai woman rows her boat through flood waters following heavy rains in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on November 2, 2010.
​

 

[postnew]

Thai soldiers patrol in an armoured vehicle through flood waters following heavy rains in Thailand's southern province of Narathiwat on November 2, 2010.

Southern Thailand's southernmost provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala have been plagued by a largely home-grown insurgency that has claimed approximately 4500 lives since 2001.​

 

[postnew]

Southern Thailand's southernmost provinces of Pattani, Narathiwat, and Yala are largely malay muslim population. Thailand's tourism industry has largely bypassed the Muslim south.​

 

[postnew]

Aerial view shows an area affected by floods in Hat Yai November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

Aerial view shows an area affected by floods in Hat Yai November 2, 2010​

 

[postnew]

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (C) rides with other officials at the back of an army truck as he visits an area affected by floods in Hat Yai November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

Thailand's Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva (4th R) visits a hospital in an affected by floods in Hat Yai November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

An aerial photo shows flooding in Hat Yai district of Songkhla Province southern of Bangkok on Tuesday Nov. 2, 2010​

 

[postnew]

Thai villagers walk in floodwaters in Hat Yai city on November 2, 2010.​

 

[postnew]

A girl carries belongings out of her flooded home in Thailand's southern Pattani province November 2, 2010.​