Disaster declared amid new floods in Thailand

Flash floods force disaster declaration in southern Thailand

More than 40 districts in five of southern Thailand provinces are inundated. At least a dozen people are dead or reported missing, as of posting. 

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• Thailand. Flash floods caused by extreme rain events have forced the authorities to declare disaster areas in southern Thailand.
  • More than 40 districts in five of southern Thailand provinces are inundated. At least a dozen people are dead or reported missing, as of posting.
  • Several municipalities in have issued evacuation orders as floodwaters continue to rise.
  • Weather forecasters warn continued flooding may severely affect more provinces.
  • The extreme rain event “in the deep South is caused by the combined effects of the northeastern monsoon in the Gulf of Thailand and a low pressure cell covering northern Malaysia,” the Yala Meteorologists reported.
  • The worst-hit areas are the southern provinces of Songkhla, Yala and Nakhon Si Thammarat.
  • Additionally, large areas in Phattalung, Pattani and Narathiwat have been inundated by up to 1.35 meters of water.
  • Many roads and large swaths of farmland including rubber plantations have been submerged by mud.

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