Since the beginning of the monsoon season inSeptember, a total of 23 Thai citizens have died in floods and 33 have beeninjured, the public health ministry said in a statement. In particular, floodsin Thailand’s northern province of Phayao province killed five people.
On October 17, the Thai MeteorologicalDepartment (TMD) issued a heavy rain warning for 32 provinces, with thesouthern region expected to experience moderate to heavy rain, covering 70%of the area. Heavy rain is also forecast in the capital Bangkok and the famousresort island of Phuket. Residents are advised to be cautious as accumulatedrainfall could lead to sudden floods.
According to TMD, high atmospheric pressure, orcold air mass, continues to cover the upper northern and northeastern regions.Meanwhile, the trough is currently passing through the upper southern region,the Gulf of Thailand and the eastern region, entering a region of low pressurein the South China Sea. This phenomenon, combined with the southwestern monsoon, iscovering the Andaman Sea, the lower southern region, and the Gulf of Thailand,resulting in heavy rain.
More than 62,000 Thai households have beenimpacted by floods this wet season, according to the Thai Ministry of Interior.
Thai PrimeMinister Srettha Thavisin has regularly visited flood zones in recent weeks aslocal authorities work to hand out survival kits to evacuees.
In 2011, widespread flooding killed morethan 500 people and damaged millions of homes around the country./.
