Flash floods kill seven in Thailand: officials

Authorities in Bangkok warned residents living alongside the Chao Phraya River to brace for rising water level.

Flash floods have killed at least seven people in Thailand since early last week and left large swathes of the northeast under water,officials said on Tuesday.

The floods are the worst in three decades in Nakhon Ratchasima province,where three people have died and another person is missing,an official at the government’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said.

Provincial governor Rapee Phongbupakit said 24 of his 32 districts were under water,affecting more than 200,000 people.

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“The floods are spreading to more areas in the province and the water levels in town average one metre (yard),” he said on the telephone.

Authorities in Bangkok warned residents living alongside the Chao Phraya River to brace for rising water level.

Yesterday Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva visited the northeast to inspect the floods,which have damaged large areas of farmland.

Flooding has also killed dozens of people in Vietnam while in the Philippines Super Typhoon Megi has left at least 10 people dead.

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