By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Chayut Setboonsarng, Reuters
Photo: ARNUN CHONMAHATRAKOOL
Thailand airlifted patients and flew critical supplies, including oxygen tanks, into a submerged southern city on Wednesday, as the death toll from some of the region's worst floods in years climbed to 33.
Floods have swept through nine Thai provinces and eight states in neighbouring Malaysia for a second successive year, prompting both countries to evacuate nearly 50,000 people.
In Indonesia, 8 to 13 people are estimated dead following floods and landslides this week, while one has died in Malaysia.
Three days of torrential rain starting last wee
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