US EditionThailand to airlift critical patients as southern floods kill 33
- Government spokesman Siripong Angkasakulkiat said on Wednesday, November 26, 2025, that the death toll reached 33 as Hat Yai Hospital’s first floor flooded while treating 600 patients, including 50 in intensive care.
- Since late last week, torrential rains inundated Hat Yai, Songkhla province, southern Thailand, with 335mm on Friday causing floodwaters up to two metres and affecting 1.9 million people.
- Thailand deployed the aircraft carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet and a flotilla of 14 boats carrying helicopters, doctors and supplies, with field kitchens producing 3,000 meals a day.
- Rescue authorities have evacuated nearly 45,000 people across Thailand and Malaysia, while Songkhla provincial administration set up food centres distributing up to 20,000 food boxes a day and about 150,000 remain stranded in Hat Yai.
- Meteorological agencies warned of continued heavy rain and possible flash floods through Wednesday and urged small boats to stay ashore due to 3m waves, while climate experts say human‑induced climate change has intensified extreme weather.
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Families in southern Thailand perch on rooftops to escape flooding that has killed at least 33
BANGKOK (AP) — Severe flooding in southern Thailand has caused at least 33 deaths since the weekend, officials said, as dramatic video footage showed people whose homes were virtually engulfed by water awaiting help on rooftops. About 1 million households and more than 2.7 million people have been impacted by floods in 12 southern provinces […]
Families in southern Thailand perch on rooftops to escape flooding that has killed at least 33
BANGKOK (AP) — Severe flooding in southern Thailand has caused at least 33 deaths since the weekend, officials said, as dramatic video footage showed people whose homes were virtually engulfed by water awaiting help on rooftops.
Families in southern Thailand perch on rooftops to escape flooding that has killed at least 33
Severe flooding in the south of Thailand has caused at least 33 deaths. The government says about 1 million households and over 2.7 million people have been impacted in 12 southern provinces since the weekend.
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