A historic rainstorm leaves 41 dead in Thailand, 2.7 million affected and more than 900,000 houses damaged

Through Facebook, the government agency explained that a941,000 houses have been damaged of varying severity, mainly in the province of Songkhla, bordering Malaysia, declared a disaster area on Monday and under a state of emergency since this Tuesday.

Among the most affected provinces in the south are also Satun, Trang, Yala, Pattani y Surat Thani, which houses the they are descendants of Koh For Kui, which receive hundreds of thousands of foreign visitors every year.

In addition, 11 central and northern provinces have also reported flood damage, including in regions such as Nonthaburi and Nakhon Pathom, both adjacent to Bangkok.

The DPMD has classified this rainfall as the most abundant in the last 300 years in cities like Hat Yai, which on Friday alone recorded an accumulated 335 millimeters of water.

The public hospital most seriously affected by the floods in this city is currently working on transferring 90 critical patients to another health center since they have sufficient oxygen reserves until Wednesday, according to a report from the Thai PBS public channel.

Entire towns under water

Both the Police and the Thai Army have published numerous images on social networks today that show entire towns under water, as well as the rescue work carried out in these areas by hundreds of lifeguards and security agents, with the help of boats and helicopters.

The meteorological agency predicts that the rains will stop this Tuesday and that the flooded areas will return to normal water levels in the next 72 hours.

Southeast Asia is going through a particularly tough season of tropical storms and typhoons this year, with hundreds of thousands of evacuees in several countries.