Flood victims ‘start from zero’ after killer storm


Backyard catch: A resident casting a net in floodwaters in the hopes of catching fish or crab for a meal at his partially submerged village in Lopburi. — AFP

WATCHING his fridge float across the kitchen and bed disappear underwater was not how Samran Buachumsuk hoped to begin retirement at his newly built home in central Thailand.

Flooding after tropical storm Dianmu hit 31 provinces last week, killed seven people and inundated more than 215,000 households, authorities say.

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