Flood Waters recede in South
Monks have started cleaning up Wat Phra Borommathat Chaiya in Surat Thani's Chaiya district now that floodwaters in the South are receding.
The temple's main pagoda,which houses the Lord Buddha's relics,was earlier flooded under one metre of water.
However,nearly all the water has now been pumped out.
Monks and villagers yesterday began cleaning areas near the pagoda and the temple halls.
Other provinces in the South,hit by days of heavy rain,also reported good news.
The situation in Nakhon Si Thammarat municipality has nearly returned to normal with most floods now subsiding.
In Trang,only three out of six districts remain flooded, In these three districts,villagers still have to struggle against water overflowing from the Trang River.
In Phatthalung, the situation in six districts near Banthat mountain has returned to normal, and 12 elementary schools will resume classes tomorrow.