Storm damages Sukhothai polling station, officials flee with ballot bins and 2 injured

A extreme storm triggered vital injury to a polling station in Sukhothai, Thailand, yesterday, injuring two officials and forcing them to rapidly gather and secure voting supplies. The incident took place at Polling Station No. 22, Area 4, located in the multi-purpose building of Sri Satchanalai Municipal School, in Sri Satchanalai District.
Upon arriving, reporters found the stays of a number of damaged roof tiles scattered across the ground, together with puddles shaped by the heavy rainwater that had penetrated the structure. Electrical wires had been concurrently exposed in sure areas, prompting officers to urgently cut power to the constructing. Meanwhile, tables, chairs, and electoral lists had been knocked over and strewn round as a end result of drive of the winds.
Additionally, a Toyota Fortuner belonging to the polling station’s head was damaged by falling roof tiles, which shattered the vehicle’s entrance window. One official was despatched to the hospital after being struck on the top by a falling tile, whereas another police officer sustained minor accidents to his proper leg when a roof tile fell on him.
According to Ratchaniyom Lame Phai, head of the affected polling station, officers were forced to safe voting supplies and equipment to prevent them from being blown away because the storm’s depth increased. Roof tiles began to be torn off by the powerful winds, with an estimated a hundred tiles falling to the ground and contributing to the flooding in the building.
Officials determined to retailer the ballot bins in a nearby storage room and seek refuge there to avoid additional injury. After around Spoiler , the storm subsided, permitting an initial inspection of the damages to take place. The head of the station notified the superior unit of the incident and made arrangements to move the vote-counting equipment to the school’s cafeteria without further delay. By 6pm, the vote counting process began, with a quantity of local voters witnessing the proceedings..