Southern flood death toll rises to 31
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The on-going severe flooding in 12 southern provinces has so far claimed 31 lives and caused two other persons to go missing, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department chief Chatchai Promlert said Wednesday.
He said the flooding has so far affected 1.18 million people in 117 districts of Phatthalung, Narathiwat, Yala, Songkhla, Pattani, Trang, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Chumphon, Ranong, Krabi, and Prachuap Khiri Khan.
He said floodwaters have already subsided in Yala and Ranong.
