Three fishing vessels and 15 long-tailed boats capsized in a canal in a coastal village of Khlong Yai district in Trat province last night, following a heavy storm.
Villagers of Ban Khlong Makham told the media that they were having dinner when waves, about two metres high, struck the boats moored in the canal. The force of the waves and winds drove the three fishing boats into several long-tailed boats moored along the banks.
The fishing boats also crashed into a bridge over the canal, causing some damage.
Defence volunteers, troops and police were dispatched to Ban Khlong Makham to help the villagers to salvage the capsized boats, most of which were damaged and had lost their fishing gear.
Cherdsak Chumnasiew, the Khlong Yai district chief officer, told the villagers whose property was damaged by the storm to report to officials at the district office for financial help.
