HAT YAI, Thailand—Thailand airlifted patients and flew critical supplies, including oxygen tanks, into a submerged southern city on Wednesday, as the death toll from some of the region’s worst floods in years climbed to 33.
Floods have swept through nine Thai provinces and eight states in neighboring Malaysia for a second successive year, prompting both countries to evacuate nearly 50,000 people.
In Indonesia, 8 to 13 people are estimated dead following floods and landslides this week, while one has died in Malaysia.
Three days of torrential rain starting last week dumped record volumes on Hat Yai, Thailand’s southern commercial hub, flooding hospitals and stranding thousands on rooftops. On Friday, the city received 335 mm of rain, its highest in a single day for 300 years….
Thailand Airlifts Patients, Rushes Supplies as Floods in South Kill 33
