Thai city morgue exceeds capacity after flooding: medic


Relatives carry relief supplies as they visit their family members trapped at a house after flooding in Hat Yai. - Photo: Reuters

BANGKOK: The main facility receiving bodies of flood victims in southern Thailand has filled up, prompting authorities to bring in three refrigerated trucks, a hospital staffer said Friday (Nov 28).

"The morgue has exceeded its capacity, so we need more," Charn, a morgue official at Songkhla Hospital who only gave his first name, told AFP after the death toll rose to 55.

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