Flooding critical in Northern Thailand; Cabinet to discuss aid for victims

NAN, June 27 – The Thai Cabinet on Tuesday will discuss help for flood victims, Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva said Monday while on the campaign trail, as flooding in the North, especially Nan, is reported as critical with one fatality.

An 80-year-old man drowned after fainting when his house in the provincial seat was flooded by two metre-deep water. Provincial authorities moved the body of Thanat Srijai from his flooded house by flat-bottomed boat to the Nan provincial hospital.

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