Awwal 05, 1432, April 09, 2011, SPA -- The death toll reached 59 Saturday from floods and mudslides in southern Thailand over two weeks that caused damage estimated at more than $300 million, officials said. The Interior Ministry's disaster prevention and mitigation department said 26 people had died in Nakhon Si Thammarat province, 610 kilometres south of Bangkok. Twelve deaths were confirmed in neighboring Surat Thani province, with additional casualties in Krabi, Phatthalung, Chumphon, Trang and Phangnga provinces throughout the southern region, DPA reported. Large areas of Nakhon Si Thammarat were reported still underwater on Saturday. "The damage bill could reach nearly 10 billion baht ($333 million)," the Bangkok Post quoted Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva as saying.
