I was living at the same district with him, I know about the floods, and it happens annually (my late father was someone who works on the previous project in Krueng Pase). a few years ago after tsunami, I thought the government already taking care about the issue by creating a project to control the flood, I remember they build a big flood control dam but, never heard any news lately.

I believe that Nature is never that bad as to take revenge on human, but it's a reciprocate on what human has done to the nature. somehow, where @alee75 lives is close to the mountain while mine is close to the sea.