Preventable disaster - Bangkok Post

A car is half-submerged in thick mud at Soi Na Nai 5, Kathu district, Phuket, after flooding caused a landslide on Monday. (Photo: Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation) The mudslide of earth and rocks that hit tourist communities in Phuket this week was not simply a natural disaster. It was a catastrophe that could have been avoided.

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