Thai floods threaten key region for rubber
By Reuters in Nakhon Sithammarat,Thailand | China Daily | Updated: 2017-01-21 07:20
45 people have died because of weeks of unseasonal downpours
First came drought, then came floods. Rubber farmers in Thailand's south are counting the cost of extreme weather in the world's top growing region.
"From afar the trees look withered," said 67-year-old Reang Onnuan, a lifelong rubber grower, looking out at the sea of water from which her trees protruded.
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