Dangerous Invisible Rip Currents
Reports suggest a 12-year-old Thai girl, a 31-year-old Thai woman and a 43-year-old French tourist drowned at nearby beaches the same weekend, and an Australian family were rescued days earlier.
Thai media said that the beach patrols normally organised by Phuket authorities had been suspended due to lack of funding, and no permanent signs warning holidaymakers about the dangers had been put up in case tourists were scared off.
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