Bangkok, April 03: At least 35 people have been killed after floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rains struck southern Thailand.
Victims were either swept into the rising waters or buried in mudslides as unseasonably wet weather deluged homes and washed roads and bridges away, AFP reported on Saturday.
The highest toll was reported in Nakorn Si Thammarat province, where 15 people died in floods caused by rains that have pummeled the coastline of the Gulf of Thailand since last weekend.
Eight were also reported along the coast in Surat Thani, six in Krabi, and two in each of Phatthalung, Chumphon, and Trang provinces.
Around two million people have been affected by the rains and floods, which have caused an estimated USD 233 million in damage.
Flood waters still continue to spread across southern Thailand. Waterlogged soil has also heightened the risk of landslides.
Flash floods and mudslides have hit Thailand’s southern provinces of Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Surat Thani, Trang, Chumphon, Songkhla, Krabi and Phangnga since March 23.
——–Agencies