Floods kill dozens in Thailand
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Facing some of the worst floods in decades, Thai authorities airlifted patients and delivered critical supplies — including oxygen tanks — into a submerged southern city struggling to cope.
Record floods in southern Thailand, including Hat Yai’s heaviest rainfall in 300 years, have killed 33 people and displaced millions, prompting massive military-led relief efforts.
The city of Hat Yai, a major commercial hub near the Malaysian border, has been hit especially hard, recording 335mm of rainfall in a single day, the heaviest in 300 years, according to Thai officials. The region remains underwater after a week of relentless rain.
People were seen driving through streets inundated with water in Na Thawi on Thursday, November 27, as the death toll from flooding in Thailand rose to 33.Footage from Nathawee Provincial Police, Songkhla Province,
The government’s efforts to assist Malaysians stranded in flood-hit southern Thailand, as well as updates on the disaster situation, are among matters
Floods across nine Thai provinces have killed 33 people and affected more than 2.7 million, with more rain forecast.