Flash floods hit 3 Southern Thai provinces

Songkhla, Yala and Nakhon Si Thammarat in the South have been heavily inundated by flash flooding after days of heavy rain, while the cold is hitting the North and the Northeast.

Disaster status - signified by red flags - has been announced in Hat Yai, the business area of Songkhla where emergency evacuation could be announced immediately.

The areas at greatest risk in Hat Yai are Janviroj and Jankasem, communities which are located near flood-prone canals.

Elsewhere in Songkhla, two key roads leading to a border crossing in Sadao district with Malaysia have been impassable due to inundation.

A weather report forecasts heavy rain from a monsoon travelling from the Far East and a depression from Malaysia in three provinces - Phatthalung, Pattani and Narathiwat - where floodwaters have not yet been high or widespread.

Residents of low-lying areas have been called to brace for flash flooding and mudslides in areas near the base of hills.

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