PATTAYA: Several roads in the popular seaside town of Pattaya were under nearly two metres of water after the town was hit with more than an hour of torrential rain on Thursday (July 11) morning.
Traffic in the town, about 147km southeast of Bangkok, came to a stop as most cars could not make their way through the high waters. Several small cars had nearly disappeared in the flood.
The Pattaya News reported on its Facebook page that the worst spots included the road going past Wat Tham Samakee and a local road running to Sattahip. There was nearly a kilometre-long line of cars stuck there.
Many locals complained that the floodwaters rose very quickly and inundated their homes and vehicles, even though Pattaya City in Chonburi’s Bang Lamung district is right next to the sea and the floods should have drained quickly. - The Nation/ANN
