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Death Toll From Thailand Monsoon Floods Hits Seven

The kingdom regularly records heavy rainfall from June to September, but experts say human-induced climate change has intensified extreme weather.

By Channels Television
Updated September 27, 2025
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(FILES) Damaged buildings are pictured along the swollen Tamsa river after a cloudburst following heavy rains in the Sahastradhara region of Dehradun, in India’s Uttarakhand state on September 16, 2025. (Photo by AFP)

 

The death toll from floods triggered by heavy monsoon rains in Thailand rose to seven, authorities said Saturday, as relief efforts continued.

More than 260,000 people across several provinces along the Chao Phraya river were impacted by flooding this week, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement.

The nation’s disaster agency initially reported on Tuesday four deaths across central Thailand but has now revised the figure up to seven.

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(FILES) Locals gather near the remains of damaged houses and vehicles following flash floods at a village in Kishtwar district on August 15, 2025. (Photo by Mir Imran / AFP)

 

Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul visited Ayutthaya province on Saturday, the hardest hit, in one of his first trips since taking office.

Flanked by disaster prevention agency workers, he ordered authorities to distribute survival kits, stack sandbags and monitor landslide-prone areas.

“We have a whole team to help relieve the people’s hardship and we plan to respond to your needs,” he told residents.

Thailand was not hit by Severe Tropical Storm Bualoi, which struck the Philippines earlier this week, but the meteorological department has warned of heavy rain in the coming days.

(FILES) Villagers wade through a flooded street following heavy rain at the Ehsan Pur village in Kot Addu district, Punjab province on August 21, 2025. (Photo by Shahid Saeed MIRZA / AFP)

 

The kingdom regularly records heavy rainfall from June to September, but experts say human-induced climate change has intensified extreme weather, making conditions increasingly unpredictable.

In northern Thailand last month, five people were killed and 15 were injured in landslides and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kajiki.

Widespread flooding across Thailand in 2011 killed more than 500 people and damaged millions of homes around the country.

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