Phuket: Rescue workers and disaster teams will join a major Andaman Coast exercise on May 21 to prepare to deal with a type of disaster that could happen during the coming Southwest Monsoon: tropical cyclones causing storm surges.
Vice-Governor Jamroen Thippayapongtada, chairing a meeting on preparations for the exercise, said, “There are a lot of public dangers that cause damage to life and property, especially storm surges, which can be more damaging than tsunamis. |