The last floods struck homes built in lower-lying areas, before the villagers ran up to Saowakhon's home at the top of the hill to fine their last high ground. "They gathered at my home, about 60 of them, to wait for a day or two. We brought together dry food to cook and share, before we ran out of it and turned to vegetation. "We are lucky that there was a mobile-phone tower nearby still capable of transmitting. We relied on this as the only communication channel to my chidren, Who got help to as at last," She said. THENATION