
SURAT THANI: A young child fell into the flood water surrounding his riverside home and drowned while his mother was asleep, in Phra Saeng district on Monday, police said.
Pol Lt Col Phubet Thonghiang, Phra Saeng chief investigator, said the house was in Moo 8 village in tambon I-pan, which had been flooded by ovrflow from the Tapi river.