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Figures show decline from Friday, when more than 1.24M households were affected
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AlKhaleej TodayThailand floods affect more than 3.2 million people as Bangkok battles rising waters
BANGKOK — Flooding has affected more than 1.17 million households and 3.2 million people across Thailand, as Bangkok and dozens of provinces continue to grapple with rising waters following heavy rainfall.Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Director-General Nirat Pongsitthaworn said Sunday that heavy to very heavy rain across large parts of the country, combined with runoff from northern provinces flowing into the Central Plains, ha…
Industry Minister Varawut revealed that the floods have affected industries in 55 provinces, causing 147 million baht in damages, with Bangkok being the hardest hit. He has ordered the preparation of several recovery plans, including a moratorium on principal and interest payments for up to 12 months.
It is reported that the main impact was on the central and eastern provinces, which receive huge amounts of water from highlands in the north of the country; in Bangkok, some 329,000 households were previously flooded and four deaths occurred in the capital.
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