[Thailand's] Krabi mudslides kill 3 villagers

A man looks at what is left of his village after landslides struck tambon Na Khao in Krabi’s Khao Phanom district. At least 3 people were killed in the landslides which were triggered by flooding.

Death toll from southern storms and floods hits 15

31/03/2011
Bangkok Post

At least 3 people have been killed and six others are reported missing as mudslides swept away villages and heightened the southern flooding crisis. The overall death toll has risen to at least 15.

Mountain run-off and landslides hit villages in tambon Na Khao in Krabi's Khao Phanom district yesterday and washed away up to 50 homes, provincial governor Prasit Osathanont said.

Hours after the landslides struck, rescue workers were still sifting through the mud in a desperate search for other victims.

Earlier it was reported that as many as 200 villagers were missing, but Mr Prasit said rescue workers who struggled to reach the devastated villages had confirmed that so far only three bodies had been found. About 300-400 people lived in the areas hit by the landslides.

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Benefit to one of Hun Sen's cronies at the expense of one of Hun Sen's allies

Riverbank erosion causes landslide near Lu Lay Sreng’s house

Friday, December 07, 2007
Everyday.com.kh
Translated from Khmer by Socheata

A panic took place, forcing people to flee out of their houses in the middle of the night, when several tens of meters of landslide took away riverbanks on Koh Norea village, Niroth commune, Meanchey district, Phnom Penh city, in the evening of 05 December. During the landslide, two houses fell into the water, but the incident did not cause accident to anyone. However, the homeowners were very horrified and they started to move their belongings to the national road nearby. The riverbank landslide progresses close to the house of Lu Lay Sreng, the vice-prime minister and minister of rural development, and it causes panic among Lu Lay Sreng’s family members. Villagers blamed the landslide on the erosion of the riverbank stemming from a company contracted by Sok Kong (one of Hun Sen’s cronies) to dredge sand from the riverbed. Right now, Lu Lay Sreng’s house is still threatened as the landslide now approaches his fence. The landslide woke up several high-ranking government officials, and brought them to the spot of the incident. Among these officials were Lim Kean Hor, the minister of water resources and meteorology, and Nhim Vanda, the first deputy chairman of the national committee for disaster management.