Race against time: Medical workers transporting a patient to be evacuated on an army helicopter on the roof of a hospital impacted by floods in Hat Yai. — AFP
Rescuers in the nation readied drones yesterday to airdrop food parcels, as receding floodwaters in the south and neighbouring Malaysia brightened hopes for the evacuation of those stranded for days, while cyclone havoc in Indonesia killed 28.
Severe floods after a week of heavy rain have killed at least 33 in Thailand, with tens of thousands huddling in evacuation centres, some after being cut off for days by waters as much as 2m high.
