21 dead after worst rain 'in 30 years' in southern Thailand

‘Thailand must prepare to handle these problems’

Thailand's flooded south is heavily
reliant on tourism and agriculture.

Twenty-one people have been killed and nearly one million people affected by floods in southern Thailand after days of rain across the country's southern neck.

The "severe flooding is because of the worst rainfall in more than 30 years", Prime Minister Prayut Chan-O-Cha told reporters.

Downpours and flash floods have also disrupted holidays on tourist islands including Samui and Phangan, disappointing tens of thousands of visitors hunting Thailand's peak season sun.

Despite the end of the monsoon season weeks ago, there were no immediate signs of respite for the flood-battered region.

Read the RTE story - “21 dead after worst rain 'in 30 years' in southern Thailand.”