‘Once in a 300 years,’ rain leaves Thailand stranded

More than 8 feet of floodwater has inundated Thailand after heavy rainfall on November 24, 2025.

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation DDPM reported that nearly two million people have been affected by flash flooding across 10 provinces in Thailand.

According to local authorities, the heaviest rainfall in southern Thailand in 300 years left people stranded—without power or transportation.

According to the Nation Thailand media agency, flood-affected provinces in southern Thailand include Surat Thani, Songkhla, Krabi, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Trang, Phatthalung, Satun, Pattani, Yala, and Narathiwat, covering 92 districts, 581 subdistricts, and 4146 villages.

Moreover, Thai authorities informed that almost 700,000 households have been affected by waist-high water levels.

As reported by Reuters, Thailand’s southern trading hub Hat Yai suffered its heaviest rainfall in Thailand on Friday, November 21, 2025, in more than 300 years.

According to the Royal Irrigation Department in Thailand, the aftermath of the flood saw people wading through brown water amid heavy rain in areas submerged.

According to CNN, as per Thailand’s public health ministry, almost 20 deaths have been reported in southern Thailand, mainly due to electrocution and flood-related accidents.

Hat Yai Hospital in Thailand is also severely affected by rising floodwaters and complete power outages.

Almost 500 people, including 200 inpatients, were stranded in the hospital due to heavy rain and flooding, and the paramedic staff is worried, as nearly 30 newborns in the infant ward were left unattended without their parents.

One of the staff nurses at Hospital Fasiya Fatonni added that “the parents of these babies are worried, but they can’t get here, as the water is rising and all transportation is cut off.”

Fasiya also shared photos of the infant ward showing the aftermath of the flood situation in the hospital.

The irrigation department informed that it was working with government agencies and local officials to respond to regional flooding, including arrangements to send trucks to deliver food supplies and evacuate flood-stranded people in high-risk areas.

Teams are also working to drain floodwaters as fast as possible, installing dozens of water pumps and propellers to divert floodwater into the nearby Songkha Lake and the Gulf of Thailand, off the country’s east coast.

Additionally, heavy rainfall and flash flooding have affected neighbouring countries, including Vietnam and Malaysia.

Floodwaters battered through eight states in Malaysia, with thousands of people affected, while killing more than 90 people in central Vietnam, leaving millions of homes and businesses without power.