Phuket Police urging people to stay home due to flooding and landslides, avoid Patong

Patong, Phuket –

The Phuket Police are urging people to stay home and avoid heading to Patong due to traffic delays on many roads.

Our previous story:

Motorists who are heading from Kathu to the Patong Hill reported the damage at 3:30 P.M. this afternoon (October 19th). On one side of the road, the land started to slide which has brought down the road side surface and the guard rail.

A road leading to the Patong Hill from Kathu in Phuket is now being temporarily closed after it has started to collapse from a landslide.

The Phuket Provincial Police has announced the statement tonight (October 19th). The announcement stated, “If is is not necessary, please avoid heading to Patong. During this time there are traffic delays because of many motorists on a variety of roads from Patong to Chalong and to Surin Beach on both detour routes.”

Authorities are asking people to stay home unless there is an emergency.

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Goongnang Suksawat
Goong Nang is a News Translator who has worked professionally for multiple news organizations in Thailand for many years and has worked with The Pattaya News for more than four years. Specializes primarily in local news for Phuket, Pattaya, and also some national news, with emphasis on translation between Thai to English and working as an intermediary between reporters and English-speaking writers. Originally from Nakhon Si Thammarat, but lives in Phuket and Krabi except when commuting between the three.