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Rain, storm cross southern Thailand without major damage

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Thai people push a motorcycle through floodwater from Tropical Storm Pabuk, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Pak Phanang, in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand. Rain, winds and surging seawater are striking southern Thailand as a strengthening tropical storm nears coastal villages and popular tourist resorts. (AP Photo/Thanis Sudto)

Thai people ride a motorcycle through floodwaters from Tropical Storm Pabuk, Friday, Jan. 4, 2019, in Pak Phanang, in the southern province of Nakhon Si Thammarat, southern Thailand. Rain, winds and surging seawater are striking southern Thailand as a strengthening tropical storm nears coastal villages and popular tourist resorts. (AP Photo/Thanis Sudto)

Ferry services and airports have reopened in southern Thailand after a storm moved west into the Andaman Sea, leaving disruption and one confirmed death in its wake.

Tropical Storm Pabuk barreled across the Gulf of Thailand on Friday but spared world famous beach resorts major damage.

The fishing industry had to stand down with ships ordered to stay ashore. One fisherman died when his boat capsized Friday.

A number of houses were damaged, power lines knocked down and flash floods reported in several provinces on the gulf coast.

Stormy weather continued Saturday, but its effects on the Andaman Sea coast, including the tourist hub of Phuket, appeared marginal.