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CLIMATE Wild weather batters Gulf provinces POST REPORTERS Strong winds and high waves continued to batter provinces mostly in the Gulf of Thailand, extensively damaging fishing communities, shutting down ferry services and causing a freight ship tortu aground Another casualty was a Chinese tourist, identified as Su Ji Shen, 64, who drowned when a speed boat she was in sank off Krabi on the Andaman coast on Sunday. The rough weather was the result of an intense storm which has hit both coasts and brought a new cold spelltothe country over the past few days, Chatchai Promler, director general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, said the storm lashed Gulf coastal provinces, extending all the way from Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat and Songkhla down to Narathiwat. Beachfronthouses and roads were dam- aged by strong pounding waves. Residents were evacuated to safety and given food and shelter, Waves in the Gull were measured up to four metres high as authorities ordered small boatsto stay on shore. Insurat Thani, 10 seafront houses and a jetty on Koh Tao were damaged, but there were no inju.ries

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KLIMAAT Wild weer kolwers Golf provinsies POS REPORTERS sterk winde en hoë golwe steeds provinsies beslag meestal in die Golf van Thailand, omvattend beskadig vissersgemeenskappe, gesluit ferry dienste en veroorsaak dat 'n vrag skip tortu gestrand Nog ongevalle was 'n Chinese toeriste, geïdentifiseer as die US. Ji Shen, 64, wat verdrink toe 'n spoed boot was sy in gesink het Krabi op die Andaman kus op Sondag. Die gure weer was die gevolg van 'n intense storm wat beide kuste het getref en het 'n nuwe koue spelltothe land oor die afgelope paar dae, Chatchai Promler, direkteur-generaal van die Departement van Disaster Voorkoming en versagting, het gesê die storm geslaan Golf kusprovinsies ,. uitbreiding van al die pad van Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat en Songkhla af te Narathiwat. Beachfronthouses en paaie is dam- ouderdomme deur 'n sterk dreun golwe. Inwoners is ontruim na veiligheid en gegee kos en skuiling, golwe in die Gull gemeet tot vier meter hoog as owerhede het beveel dat klein boatsto verblyf op die strand. Insurat Thani, is 10 strand huise en 'n kaai op Koh Tao beskadig, maar daar was geen inju.ries.