Heavy rain

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"West and North face heavy rain

By Post Reporters

The depression which hit Chumphon and Prachuap Khiri Khan on Tuesday night has moved westward to the Andaman Sea and will change direction to head northward today, said the Meteorological Department. Bangkok will have widespread rain.

Seven western and northern provinces are bracing for heavy rain and torrential mountain runoff with a depression moving into the area today and tomorrow.

Department chief Supareuk Tansrirattanawong said some areas, especially border districts in Tak, are prone to flash floods and mudslides as a result of widespread deforestation.

The seven provinces in the storm's path are Ratchaburi, Kanchanaburi, Uthai Thani, Kamphaeng Phet, Tak, Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son. Other provinces in the Central Plains, including Bangkok, will also be affected.

The capital would experience downpours for at least another day, he said.

Tak governor Chumporn Polrak said yesterday that many villages in Mae Sot, Mae Ramat, and Phop Phra districts were listed as severe risk areas.

In 2004, hundreds of houses in Mae Ramat were destroyed by flash floods.

"The Phop Phra-Umphang road on a sloping mountain is also at risk as farmers have cleared the forest area for farming," he said.

In Nan, 39 households in tambon Huay Klon in Chalerm Prakiat district were facing the threat of land sinking after many days of heavy rainfall, said head of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation office Tawat Petweera.

Many villagers have settled on the mountain since January this year for safety. Their old houses in Ban Sop Puen were flattened by a mudslide last year.

"We've fled a tiger only to encounter a crocodile," Sop Puen villager Onn Hamdok said, using a Thai proverb.

The new area has been landscaped for living, and the soil is still soft and prone to land subsidence. Heavy rainfall, Mr Tawat said, would aggravate the problem.

In Prachuap Khiri Khan, a section of Phetkasem road in Hua Hin municipality was flooded while a bridge on the Hua Hin-Nong Plap road was severely damaged by the storm, officials said.

Military officers yesterday placed walls of sandbags around a hospital in Bang Saphan district to save it from flooding.

In Surat Thani, authorities closed to traffic a road in Ban Ta Khun district which was badly damaged by flooding. A big hole was found under the road.

Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon and Phetchaburi could experience landslides if rain continues to pour down and exceeds 120 millimetres an hour, or 150 in some areas, said Mineral Resources Department chief Apichai Chvajarernpun.

The maximum rainfall level recorded yesterday was 199.8mm in Prachuap Khiri Khan's Muang district and 137.2 in Chumphon's Muang district, according to the Irrigation Department"
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[Preeti(Bank)]

I would like to know if there is the change to have a refound from the Governor for the damage of the heavy rain?Having work-permit can i have it or not?

[KoratCat]

I would like to know if there is the change to have a refound from the Governor for the damage of the heavy rain?Having work-permit can i have it or not?

With a Work Permit you are allowed to work as an employee, receiving a salary for your work. The compensations are only given to people running a business. Mainly they're given to businesses in the agricultural sectors, i. e farmers, a profession that is forbidden for foreigners. So I don't think you could be entitled.

[Preeti(Bank)]

Today evening again a strong rain: i was driving to Pegasus Hotel and what a rain.I hope it no causes damages to other people.

[Naam Jai (?2008)]

Preeti (bank)
What vehicle do you drive.... to the Pegasus Hotel?
Which I hear is a den of iniquity.
You never get what you really want at the price you want to pay.

[Preeti(Bank)]

Preeti (bank)
What vehicle do you drive.... to the Pegasus Hotel?

I was driving my car:an Honda Jazz