More than 62,000 Thai households have been impacted by floods this wet season.
BANGKOK: Five people were killed in floods in Thailand’s north this week, with authorities warning on Tuesday that more heavy rain was on the way.
Since the beginning of the monsoon season in September, a total of 23 Thai citizens have died in floods and 33 have been injured, the public health ministry said in a statement. Earlier this week, floods in Thailand’s northern province of Phayao killed five people, the ministry said.Heavy rain is also forecast for Bangkok and the popular resort island of Phuket.
“The monsoon from the southwest is blowing over the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand and will increase rainfall in Thailand,” the interior ministry said in a statement.Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin has regularly visited flood zones in recent weeks as local authorities scramble to hand out survival kits to evacuees.
In 2011, widespread flooding killed more than 500 people and damaged millions of homes around the country.
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