Pattaya Mail
Storm hits Central Pattaya as giant tree and power pole collapse, soi goes dark
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PATTAYA, Thailand – Strong overnight winds battered Pattaya in the early hours of May 11, causing a massive 50-year-old banyan tree to collapse onto a power pole and plunge an entire residential soi into darkness.
At around 00.10 hrs, municipal officials in Pattaya were alerted to a large tree and electricity pole that had fallen and blocked access inside Soi Arunothai, Central Pattaya. Upon arrival, authorities coordinated immediately with the Provincial Electricity Authority to assess damage and begin emergency response operat…
The scene revealed a large banyan tree, estimated to be over 50 years old, completely uprooted and crashing onto a power pole. The impact snapped the pole and brought down live electrical wires across the roadway, fully blocking vehicle access in and out of the soi. Residents were left without electricity as the entire…