35 dead - 255 injured - unconfirmed

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Tidal wave toll: 35 dead, 355 injured

PHUKET: The tidal wave that hit Phuket this morning has claimed the lives of 35 people and injured some 355, Wisut Romin, the Deputy Secretary of Phuket Provincial Administration Office, has announced.

Speaking at the emergency rescue headquarters set up at the Phuket Provincial Office, K. Wisut said that an earlier report had recorded that 11 people had died at Kata Beach, and nine more died at Nai Yang, where some 91 people were injured and an unknown number of people have since disappeared.

K. Wisut added that three people died at Patong, two died at Nai Harn, another two died at Rassada Port, in Phuket City, and two more died at Kamala, where about 150 people were injured.

Government officers and police are currently working to evacuate coastal areas in anticipation of another aftershock wave.

A warning has been issued on local radio stations for people to stay away from the beaches, particularly tho se at Patong, Kata, Karon, Rawai and Kamala.

Phuket Governor Udomsak Usawarangkura has also ordered doctors with private clinics to remain open to treat any person injured to try to alleviate the load on the island’s hospitals, which have been inundated with injured people since the wave hit Phuket this morning.



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15:43 local time (GMT +7)