Floods in Thailand report more than twenty deaths

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Authorities in Thailand reported on Monday more than twenty deaths due to floods that have affected hundreds of thousands of people, due to the storm that has hit the area for more than a week. teleSUR

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00:00Authorities raised the death toll from 9 to 22 as a result of floods affecting the south of the

00:04country. The storm has further raised over 664,000 homes, making the government find shelters to over

00:1122,000 evacuees. In addition, disaster prevention authorities reported that floods continue hitting

00:17seven provinces, so the alert is expected to be kept until Thursday. In the past 15 days,

00:22storms have caused severe flash floods in Malaysia, namely in the northern states,

00:26leaving at least three deaths and over 131,000 evacuees.

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