Rescue workers and soldiers are battling to find two Myanmar construction workers still missing after a landslide buried their shelter on the tourist island of Koh Samui early Sunday.
The landslide hit the workers' camp at a resort development project on the slope of a mountain in tambon Maret at 4am.
The Samui Rescue Center said eight workers were sleeping in the camp when they heard a loud noise and woke up to find one of the shelters had been buried under the mud.
The two missing Myanmar were partly buried and were shouting for help. Workers tried to pull them out but had to flee the scene when another landslide swept the two away.
Rescuers, soldiers and construction workers searched for the missing workers but were yet to find them. They were proceeding with caution as the area was still unstable and there could be more rain that could cause mudslides.
More than 200mm of rain had hit Koh Samui 24 hours before the incident.
