Thai aircraft carrier rescues up to 800 tourists stranded in Koh Samui

BANGKOK - Thailand's navy has sent its only aircraft carrier, the HTMS Chakri Naruebet to evacuate as many as 800 tourists stranded on holiday resort islands after flooding throughout the rubber-producing southern region killed 11 people.

The vessel transported tourists from Koh Samui and Tao, both islands in the Gulf of Thailand, to a port near Bangkok late yesterday, said government spokesman Panitan Wattanayagorn.

At least four people have been killed in landslides in southern Thailand, bringing the death toll to 15 in the flood-battered region.

A Krabi province official says another 10 to 20 people are missing in the landslides from late Tuesday night.

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