While Thailand experiences annual monsoon rains, man-made climate change is causing more intense weather patterns that can make destructive floods more likely. - The Nation/ANN
BANGKOK: A landslide caused by heavy rain on the popular Thai resort island of Phuket has killed five people, police said on Friday (Aug 23).
A Russian couple on vacation were among the dead, local police chief Khundech Na Nongkhai told AFP, adding that officers were working to identify the other victims.
