Accomplishments in the South Coastal Thai Communities After the 2004 Tsunami in the Restoration Process, A Case Study in Ranong Province - Post-Tsunami Hazard: Reconstruction and Restoration - page 78

Fig. 6.4 Damages in the Kasetsart University's Andaman Coastal Research Station for
Development ( top left ), the Nua village to the east of the center ( top right ), the Hat Sai Khao
village ( lower left ) and the mangrove forest that were fi lled with debris ( lower right ) (Source:
Images by ACRSD and Tambon Kamphuan Community Learning Center (between late December
2004 - early January 2005))
Sixty houses located along the Kamphuan canal riverbank were damaged and many
houses located further inland were momentarily inundated. In addition, most of the
fi shing boats and the fi shing equipment in both Nua and Hat Sai Khao villages were
completely destroyed which caused the people in both villages unable to go fi shing
and lost their jobs at least temporarily.
The tsunami also caused variable damages to the electrical power systems by
destroying many electrical poles in all three communities. Most of the shallow
water system pipelines were either unearthed or destroyed. The roads were tempo-
rarily fl ooded, but most of them sustained only minor damages or not damaged.
As both villages did not have any schools in the area, the educational system in
the communities was not affected by the tsunami. Schools in the adjacent area
reopened not long after the incident. Unfortunately, many students from both
affected villages still could not go to school due to the lost of their family members
and their properties. In addition, although the Praphat beach is the local tourist spot,
most of the tourists visited the beach only during the daytime for swimming or hav-
ing a picnic on the beach, therefore there were no tourism facilities such as hotels in
the area. Most of the small food shops in the affected sites were located at the higher
elevation and were not affected by the tsunami.