#Thailand - Landslide leaves large rocks blocking Mae Hong Son roads

A landslide in Mae Hong Son left a local road blocked by large rocks on Tuesday morning.

District workers have been dispatched to clear the section, along with heavy machinery from a Department of Rural Roads branch office in Mae Sarieng district, said Sop Moei district chief Pha-ob Binsa-ard.

 he section of the local road lies between Ban Umloh and Ban So Khong in Sop Moei district. Pha-ob added that if heavy rains returned, area roads could be blocked by additional landslides.

Meanwhile Trairat Wanasirisuk, president of Sop Moei’s Tambon Mae Sam Laeb Administrative Organisation, said that nearly all the landslide-affected roads in this sub-districts had been cleared except for the road sections in Ban Sop Moei, Ban Pala-ua, Ban Koh Ngo Khee, Ban To Hae, and Ban Phu Tha.

Source - TheNation

 

#Thailand - Landslide closes road in Phang Nga

A main road linking Phang Nga to Surat Thani was closed after a landslide caused a big gap early Saturday morning.

The landslide happened at 4am at kilometre marker 27+150 of highway No 401 on Khao Sok mountain, which borders Phang Nga and Surat Thani. It caused part of the road to subside, resulting in a wide gap, Somporn Promjiam, director of the Phang Nga Highways Office said.

Soil under a road section on the mountain slid down the hill following, heavy downpours, he added.

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His office has dispatched bulldozers to build a bypass.

Motorists are advised to detour along Highway No 4118 running past Phang Nga’s Tappud district and Surat Thani’s Phanom district.

Source - TheNation

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