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Phuket, Thailand, was hit by sudden heavy rains recently, which attracted attention.

On August 26, several Chinese who experienced the rainstorm recalled to Southern Metropolis Daily reporters the thrilling moments of escaping from the rainstorm. Some said that the road opposite their hotel collapsed, and others said that they slept soundly in the middle of the night, but woke up to find that the water had flooded their beds.

Heavy rain scene.

Recently, Phuket, Thailand, has been hit by continuous heavy rains, and a landslide occurred in the Karon area.As of the evening of the 24th local time, 13 people have died and 19 others have been injured.。

There is a road collapse.

"The water level slowly rose from the ankles to the chest."On August 26, a Chinese tourist told Nandu reporters that the hotel she was staying in was in a depression, and several other hotels were also flooded.

According to her recollection, she was sleeping soundly in the early morning of the 23rd local time. When she woke up, she found that the water level had flooded her bed. She panicked.“The shoes you wear are still someone else’s”She said that the amount of water was so great that the hotel's drainage system could not handle it. The photos provided by the tourist showed thatThe tables and chairs in the hotel were knocked over by the water.。

Ms. Wu, who witnessed the rainstorm, said that in the early morning of the 23rd local time, she "experienced the most exciting thing in her life so far."From the luggage floating on the water, to the water rushing in when the door was opened, to the power outage, shouting, screaming, fear, and helplessness...it was really like a movie scene."

Escape tourists.

She lamented that this was a real "Lost in Thailand" experience: the first time she ran out of the room to wake others up, the water level was still at her calves. When she was about to go back to get her valuables, the water level was almost up to her waist. In the early morning of the 23rd local time, she urgently moved boxes and fled to the high-rise hotel opposite, and then wrote down the telephone number of the Phuket Consular Office of the Chinese Consulate General in Songkhla with paper and pen; she saw a road collapse... On August 26, Ms. Wu told Nandu reporters that before she left, the local area had already started flood discharge work.

Some Chinese people also recalled that they were awakened by knocks on the door in the early morning of the 23rd, and found that the water level had reached their feet."I still have to look for dirty clothes to wear in the water."

Source: Southern Metropolis Daily (nddaily), N video report