The death toll from severe monsoon flooding across Thailand has risen to 60 as officials expand emergency relief operations and issue critical weather warnings for southern provinces facing intense downpours.
According to updates from Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), floodwaters continue to inundate over 3.14 million residents across 21 provinces, including low-lying sectors of the capital, Bangkok. The crisis, driven by continuous heavy rainfall and massive southward water run-off from northern reservoirs, has inundated over one million households and disrupted critical road infrastructure and agriculture.
The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) and the Department of Mineral Resources (DMR) issued high-level flash-flood and landslide advisories for 15 provinces through October 13. The alerts specifically target ten southern provinces—including Surat Thani, Krabi, Phang Nga, Satun, Songkhla, and Yala—where localized thundershowers and persistent rain raise the risk of sudden mountain run-off.
Disaster response authorities have placed rescue personnel and water-drainage units on high alert, advising hillside communities and residents along major river basins to prepare for potential evacuations.
