An omen of things to come? Beach Road was
inundated by flood water caused by heavy rain May 6.
Jetsada Homklin
In a scene sure to be repeated many times over the next few months,
Beach Road was inundated by flood water caused by heavy rain May 6.
The early rainy season storm created standing water about 10cm deep on the
roadway, not nearly as deep as it’s sure to be later this summer, but enough
to cause havoc for traffic and business owners.
The damage stretched from the Dusit Curve to Walking Street, with the lower
level of Central Festival Pattaya Beach becoming a wading pool. Some vendors
suggested the flood might be a good occasion to convince tourists to ride
banana boats on Beach Road, showing vendors never miss an occasion to make a
few baht.
More seriously, however, one person suffered electrical burns after power
lines dropped into water at Soi 5 and Beach Road.
