Fear of a repeat: What happened the last time a tropical storm hit Thailand
As a tropical storm threatened to hit Thailand for the first time in more than 50 years a Facebook post explained what happened in 1962.
Thailand suffered a huge disaster when tropical storm Harriet hit the gulf of Thailand coast from Prajuab Khiri Khan to Narathiwat.
The Nakhon Sri Thammarat page said that the center of the storm was in that province. The storm was 300 kilometers across and had winds of 95 kmph.
There was no warning system in place when the storm hit on October 25th 1962.
Some 911 people died and 142 were missing. Homes completely destroyed came to 22,000 with a further 50,000 partially damaged.
Many people were injured and 16,000 people were made homeless.
The storm had originated in the South China sea and off Japan and had moved to the Gulf.
Storm warnings are in place this week as tropical storm Pabuk threatens to cause havoc in the south.
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