Severe flooding in the South has claimed 25 lives and affected more than 660,000 households in 10 provinces, with large areas of six provinces still inundated as the water drains slowly off.

Flood death toll rises to nine in Southern Thailand, over 500,000 households affected

Phatsakorn Bunyalak, director-general of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), said on Tuesday that from Nov 23 to Dec 3, flooding triggered by days of heavy rain was reported in 10 southern provinces – Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Trang, Satun, Songkhla, Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat.

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