The HTMS Longlom, HTMS Bangpakong and the aircraft carrier HTMS Chakri Naruebet,flagship of the Royal Thai Navy, are just a few of the vessels deployed to assist with the evacuations, which has seen waves up to 4 meters high pounding the Andaman Sea coastline, damaging beach front resorts, causing frequent communications and electricity outages, and closing airports.

About 13,000 foreign tourists and residents are reportedly stranded on the tourist island of Koh Samui alone, with the islands of Koh Phangnga, the Similan and Surin islands, Kho Lao, and Kho Tao all currently hosting tourists and residents looking for evacuation from the wild weather.

Reports from Koh Phangnan say roads and land have all been washed away as a result of the weather, with many houses and resorts being inundated by flood waters.

Thailand Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva mentioned, the Government is accelerating the delivery of assist to affected areas, such as the provinces of Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Trang, Krabi, and Songkhla.

Mr. Abhisit stated numerous districts have already been declared disaster zones, even though other provinces have been warned to be prepared for flash flooding and instructed to take actions to minimise damage.

According to the Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand (EMIT) 20 folks have been reported killed in floods in the south, with 20 people reported missing following a mudslide in Krabi.

The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) has updated it’s travel advisory and instructs travellers booked to fly into Thailand to physical exercise a ‘Äòhigh degree of caution’Äô.

It is most recent Intelligent Traveller advisory states: “Parts of southern Thailand, which includes Nakhon Sri Thammarat, Surat Thani, Phattalung, Chumphon, Trang and Satun, are experiencing severe weather conditions and flooding in some areas’Äù.

These concerns are echoed in a similar statement from the British Foreign Office (BFO), which warns of a “continued risk of mudslides and flash flooding”.

Thai Army boss Common Prayuth Chan-ocha on Thursday ordered the army to send 10,000 relief supply bags and mobilised a number of mobile medical teams to inundated provinces, as properly as dispatched 15 sniffer dog teams to aid in the search for missing men and women

The national Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said 842,324 residents in eight southern provinces have been affected by severe flooding, with about 1,500 roads, 64 bridges damaged, and 71 portions of 61 highways flooded, 27 of which remain impassable.

Tourists on a lot of of the islands affected by the uncharacteristic weather have described chaotic scenes, with a lot of crowding neighborhood airports in the hopes of securing seats if weather condition improvements permit flights to be resumed.