Thailand – Floods (media, TMD) (ECHO Daily Flash of 15 October 2024)

  • Heavy rainfall has been affecting the far southern Thailand, in particular the Nakhon Si Thammarat and the Yala provinces in the Malay peninsula since 11 October, causing floods and flash floods that have resulted in casualties and damage.
  • Media report, as of 15 October, three fatalities, of which two in the Phrom Khiri district, Nakhon Si Thammarat province and one more in the Betong district, Yala province. In addition, media also reports six evacuated people, four rescued people and two destroyed houses across both the aforementioned districts.
  • Over the next 96 hours, more heavy rainfall is still forecast over the whole of peninsular Thailand.