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Flooding in 28 provinces

People commute on a boat in flooded Eua Arthon village in Phimai district of Nakhon Ratchasima province on Friday. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)

About 324,000 families are still affected by flooding in 28 provinces, most in the Northeast and the Central Plains, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.

The department said on Friday the flooding was caused by the monsoon and the passage last week of storm Noru.

Floodwater affected 324,256 families - 242,210 families in 13 provinces on the Central Plains and 65,029 households in 12 northeastern provinces.

"Flood levels are tending to rise in some provinces in the Northeast and the Central Plains," the department said.

As of Friday, floodwater was reported in:

Four provinces in the North -

  • Nakhon Sawan
  • Phetchabun
  • Phitchit
  • Tak

12 provinces in the Northeast -

  • Buri Ram
  • Chaiyaphum
  • Kalasin
  • Khon Kaen
  • Maha Sarakham
  • Nakhon Ratchasima
  • Nong Bua Lam Phu
  • Roi Et
  • Si Sa Ket
  • Surin
  • Ubon Ratchathani
  • Yasothon

13 provinces in the Central Plains -

  • Ang Thong
  • Ayutthaya
  • Chachoengsao
  • Chai Nat
  • Lop Buri
  • Nakhon Nayok
  • Nakhon Pathom
  • Nonthaburi
  • Pathum Thani
  • Prachin Buri
  • Saraburi
  • Sing Buri
  • Uthai Thani 
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