Floods in southern Thailand ease with 1,812 tourists safely assisted

FILE PHOTO: Rescuers evacuate a tourist from a hotel through a flooded street in Hatyai district, which was swamped by heavy rainfall that has impacted several provinces in southern Thailand and has killed dozens of people, in Songkhla province, Thailand, November 27, 2025. - Reuters

BANGKOK: Atthakorn Sirilatthayakorn, Minister of Tourism and Sports, reported that flooding in southern Thailand has significantly improved, with water levels receding in many areas. Transportation has resumed in most regions, and there are no further reports of stranded tourists.

In Songkhla province, the situation has stabilised significantly, with water levels dropping almost entirely, leaving only some isolated pockets of flooding.