Thailand: Heaviest rainfall in 300 years • FRANCE 24 English

When flood waters submerged their house, this family smashed through their roof to escape to safety. As a boat approached, they waved it down and were finally rescued. Their city had was the hardest hit by the severe rains that have devastated southern Thailand this week. The business hub near the border with Malaysia recorded its heaviest rainfall in 300 years. 335 mm fell in a single day, according to authorities who declared the Slar Province a disaster zone on Tuesday. At one point, flood waters reached up to 2.5 m high, forcing people to wade, drive, or paddle through dangerous murky waters. And in one video shared on social media, young boys were captured climbing across power lines suspended just centimeters above the deluge. According to Thailand’s public health ministry, scores of people have been killed in electrocution or flood related accidents. The military, which has been deployed to respond to the crisis, said Wednesday it was preparing to send a flotilla of 14 boats carrying aid and supplies. And an aircraft carrier and helicopters were dispatched to evacuate critically ill patients from a marooned hospital. In total, nine provinces and nearly 2 million people have been affected by the floods across Thailand South. Neighboring Malaysia has also endured relentless rains with some 45,000 people evacuated across both countries.

Southern Thailand has experienced its heaviest rainfall in 300 years, causing widespread flooding. The death toll has risen to 33 across seven provinces due to flash floods, electrocution, and drowning. Authorities expect water levels to recede soon. A state of emergency has been declared in Songkhla province, where over 1,200 residents have been evacuated from flood-affected areas, including the tourist hub of Hat Yai.
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27 comments

  4. Monsoons and flooding are older than civilization, real issue is overpopulation, developments everywhere in well known flooding areas (traditional villagers had their houses build on stilts!) and concrete everywhere which makes things worse, etc.
    I have doubts about this "300 years" thing, there weren't any scientific records for rainfalls 300 years ago in Thailand, and certainly not in this area!

  5. The intense impact of the rain in a short time.
    Who knows if its due to climate change…
    To the people its misery and destruction.

  11. ខ្មែរសូមជួយរំលែកទុក្ខប្រទេសសៀមផង
    ខ្មែរជាពូជពង្សនាគ🐲🐉 កុំចង់ឈ្លានពានខ្មែរ

  13. Climate changes are responsible for this situation happening again 🙄 😑 😒 😮😢.Disgusting people try to deny that climate changes are not real. They are only fooling themselves. They are real as a heartache 💔 😂.

  19. Where did you get the record of 300 years? and officially recognized rainfall records began in the mid-1800s, for example, in Melbourne starting in July 1840.

  23. Climate change. This typhoon/rains (Verbana) should have curved up from Philippines to China. Instead, it went on a straight path to Cambodia/Thailand/Malaysia

  24. You people laugh and mock while lives where lost and people are homeless shame on you. If you have nothing constructive to say don't comment. Where is the empathy and compassion?

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