With skies overcast all morning, the heavy rain started just before 12 noon in Cherng Talay, Kamala, Thalang and Kathu and flooding was very quickly realised thereafter.
Officials confirmed that approximately 30-50 centimetres of rain collected in Soi Hua Khuan Nuea near the Phuket FantaSea complex and was waiting to drained, while several houses were confirmed flooded in the Bang Wan area.
The heavy rain was also believed to be responsible for a partial landslide in Kamala on the main road heading towards Patong near the Oceana Hotel intersection where several large boulders fell onto and obstructed the road, forcing traffic police officers from Kamala Police Station to close one lane and facilitate traffic accordingly via the other.
Construction machinery and tractors were then sent to the scene to clear the rocks before traffic was allowed to revert to normal, officials confirmed.