Flooding kills eight in each of Thailand and Myanmar as 1.7 million affected
Heavy rains have caused at least eight deaths in both Thailand and Myanmar since mid-September, with Bangkok experiencing a fourth consecutive day of flooding. More than 1.7 million people across 27 Thai provinces have been affected, while 20 to 30 people remain missing in Myanmar's Tanintharyi Region. The flooding is part of a wider pattern of extreme rainfall affecting South and Southeast Asia.
Switch levels to reread the same story more simply, or in more depth.
Flooding across Thailand and Myanmar has killed at least eight people in each country since mid-September, authorities said Monday, as Bangkok endured a fourth consecutive day of inundation. More than 500,000 households and 1.7 million people across 27 Thai provinces have been affected, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, while 20 to 30 people remain missing in Myanmar's Tanintharyi Region.
In Bangkok, schools closed and authorities urged residents to work from home as roads and public transport emptied. More than 80,000 people were unable to leave their homes, including residents of an apartment complex in the eastern Bang Kapi district where water reached neck height and power had been cut since the weekend.
Residents described being caught unprepared despite forecasts of heavy rain, relying on food handouts and candlelight as floodwaters turned courtyards into makeshift lakes. The flooding is part of a wider pattern of extreme rainfall across South and Southeast Asia this month, which has also devastated parts of northern India and Nepal.
Summary produced automatically from the cited sources, then adapted to three reading levels.