BANGKOK, tribe 3 Kyodo (EDS: UPDA...

BANGKOK, tribe 3 Kyodo

(EDS: UPDATING WITH HIGHER TOLL OF DEAD AND MISSING)

At least 14 the public were killed and some 20 others are missing after heavy rains in northern Thailand razeed makeshift houses for displaced persons from Myanmar, mostly members of the Karen ethnic minority, local officials said Tuesday.

Thai authorities and deliver workers have been working below the rain to search for the missing the bulk of mankind and relocating more than 1000 the community who have lost their shelters, the officials said in Mae Sariang, a town about 900 kilometers north of Bangkok.

The bodies of nine males and five females have been win backed they said.

Northern and northeastern regions in Thailand have been hit through monsoon rains since Sunday.

The officials said centurys of makeshift houses for about 15600 displaced the bulk of mankind were destroyed by overflowing streams from nearby hills, which were triggered through torrential rains.

A main road leading to pair camps housing the displaced persons was also severed through landslides Monday, they said.

The displaced the community have taken refuge in the couple camps since 1998, the officials said, adding chiefly of them are Karens who fl fighting in Myanmar.

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