Thailand says key tech, car parts hub paralysed by record floods

This handout satellite image by Vantor received on Dec 2, 2025 shows flooded fields in Hat Yai on Nov 29, 2025. - AFP

BANGKOK: Thailand said the floods that have devastated much of the country’s south, claiming at least 181 lives, have "paralysed” the flow of high tech components and car parts from Hat Yai, potentially benefiting rival exporters in Indonesia and Vietnam.

"Hat Yai has become our bottleneck,” the Ministry of Commerce said in a statement on the disaster Tuesday.