Songkhla heavily hit! The governor orders evacuation - stresses that people's lives must come first.

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On 24 November 2025, Mr. Rattasart Chidchu, Governor of Songkhla Province, announced the elevation of all 16 districts to disaster zones and issued an urgent order for residents in high-risk areas to evacuate to safe zones, following forecasts that rising floodwaters would continue to flow into the Hat Yai city area.

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Since 19 November 2025, many areas in Songkhla Province, as well as several other provinces in the South, have been severely affected by flooding due to heavy and continuous rainfall.

According to the Songkhla Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Center, the situation report covering 20–23 November 2025 indicated that all 16 districts had been impacted, affecting 115 sub-districts, 821 villages, and 167 communities, with 243,568 households totaling 635,423 people affected. A total of 1,224 people have been evacuated, and one fatality has been reported.

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On this day (24 Nov), a meeting was convened to assess the situation and plan evacuation and assistance measures at the Disaster Relief Center. An urgent directive was issued to speed up the evacuation of residents in high-risk zones, especially along the U-Tapao Canal basin, as well as in Hat Yai, Rattaphum, Chana, Na Mom, and Sadao districts, moving them to government-prepared safe shelters.

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The evacuation centers currently open to the public include:

1.International Convention Center Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of His Majesty the King’s Accession to the Throne (Prince of Songkla University)

2.Auditorium of Songkhla Rajabhat University

3.Royal Thai Navy Region 2 Command Center, Songkhla

Later, Anutin Charnvirakul Prime Minister and Minister of Interior, gave a press briefing at Government House, stating that the government had mobilized resources from all agencies to the affected areas. The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has prepared helicopters to deliver food and supplies to residents in locations cut off by road.

The Prime Minister appointed Capt. Thammanat Prompao, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Cooperatives, as Director of the Water Management Center for Natural Disaster Situations, who has already deployed to assist people on the ground.

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Regarding hospitals, as rising water levels began entering hospital premises, patients were relocated to nearby hospitals and to facilities in unaffected neighboring provinces.

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The Prime Minister emphasized the urgent need to assist residents still trapped in their homes, instructing district chiefs to disseminate evacuation messages and ensure people move to shelters. Based on preliminary estimates, he noted that if no further rainfall occurs, water drainage may take just over a week but heavy rain continues to fall.

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He added that although the flood situation has yet to improve, access to food, medicine, and safe shelter for the public is becoming more organized compared to the first day.

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