Heavy Floods In Hat Yai Thailand Triggers The Evacuation Of All Cities

UNSPLASH/Kelvin Zyteng/Hat Yai ILLUSTRATION, Hat Yai District, Songkhla, Thailand

JAKARTA - The massive floods that hit Hat Yai City in Songkhla Province, southern Thailand, forced local authorities to evacuate all residents and tourists from the city, Channel 3 Thailand reported.

Thailand's emergency service said flooding in the country had an impact on more than 2 million people, with flooding in Hat Yai reportedly the worst and impacting more than 250,000 families.

According to Channel 3, although most of Yai's Hat population has been evacuated to safer places, there are still a number of residents waiting to be evacuated.

Apart from local residents, more than 1,000 tourists, most of them are Malaysian citizens who travel to Thailand via cross-border tourism programs, also evacuated from Hat Yai.

Reported by ANTARA from Sputnik-OANA, the flood disaster hit all provinces in southern Thailand, namely Songkhla, Narathiwat, Yala, and Pattani, as well as the provinces of Satun, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, and Pattalung.

The height of the flood was recorded to be still increasing in all areas of southern Thailand except in Surat Thani. The Thai emergency agency also said that heavy rains that caused flooding were expected to continue until Wednesday morning local time.

Heavy rains have caused heavy flooding in the southern region of Thailand since last week. According to experts, the heavy rains that hit the area were the largest in 300 years since systematic observations began.

Apart from Thailand, Malaysia is also facing flood disasters due to monsoon rains, so more than 20,000 residents in 8 states must be evacuated.