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Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) outlined betterment and compensation plans for the confederate portion of the country, where terrible flooding has killed astatine slightest 162 people.
More than 1.4 cardinal households and 3.8 cardinal radical person been affected by floods triggered by dense rains successful 12 confederate provinces, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said connected Saturday (November 29, 2025).
Government Spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat said successful a quality league successful Bangkok that 162 deaths person been confirmed successful 8 provinces, peculiarly successful Songkhla province, which recorded astatine slightest 126 deaths.
The standard of the flooding and the precocious fig of casualties person sparked wide disapproval of the government. Mr. Charnvikarul told reporters connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) that helium acknowledged the government's shortcomings successful flood management, and said that erstwhile helium visited the affected areas, helium had apologised to the radical “that the authorities was incapable to instrumentality attraction of and support them.”
Mr. Charnvikarul said the authorities would statesman distributing compensation payments to those affected by the floods adjacent week. He besides outlined further alleviation measures, including indebtedness suspension and short-term, interest-free loans for businesses and location repairs.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported that h2o levels began to recede crossed each affected provinces connected Saturday (November 29, 2025) morning. Video footage showed section residents returning to their homes, which had antecedently been submerged, to inspect the damage. Furniture and idiosyncratic belongings were seen scattered crossed the floors.
The flooding, which began past weekend, caused terrible disruptions, leaving thousands of radical stranded, rendering streets impassable and submerging low-rise buildings and vehicles.
The decease toll successful Songkhla province, peculiarly successful its largest city, Hat Yai, continued to emergence arsenic rescuers gained entree to residential areas that had been antecedently submerged. More bodies were recovered arsenic rescue operations progressed.
Government Spokesperson Angkasakulkiat said King Maha Vajiralongkorn would donate 100 cardinal baht ($3.11 million) to Hat Yai Hospital, which suffered extended harm from flooding, and that the King would assistance royal enactment for the funerals of each victims who died from the flooding.
