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Deadly floods devastate southern Thailand — 41 killed, 2.7m affected

Severe flooding around Hat Yai in Songkhla province has left 41 people dead and impacted about 2.7 million across 20 provinces.

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  • Severe flooding around Hat Yai in Songkhla province has left 41 people dead and impacted about 2.7 million across 20 provinces.

Heavy flooding in southern Thailand over the past days has caused widespread damage in the Hat Yai area of Songkhla province, leaving 41 people dead and affecting about 2.7 million people across 20 provinces.

Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported that roughly 941,000 homes have suffered varying degrees of damage.

Video footage circulating from the area shows only a small sample of the scale of the catastrophe along the border with Malaysia. The affected region was declared in a state of emergency today.

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