Floods kill more than 100 in Thailand and India, affect millions

More than 100 people have been killed as heavy rains and flooding battered parts of Thailand and India, affecting millions of people, local authorities and media reported on Tuesday.In Thailand, flooding has killed 23 people and affected more than 2.6 million across 29 provinces and the capital Bangkok,The Nationreported, citing the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.Four people died in Bangkok, eight in Samut Prakan, which lies between the capital and the sea, and six in Sa Kaeo, an eastern province, it said.The remaining deaths wererecordedin Chanthaburi, southeast of Bangkok, Ayutthaya and Saraburi, two provinces to the north of the capital.The department’s latest report, issued at 6am on Tuesday (2300GMT on Monday), said flooding remained in 167 districts, 890 subdistricts and 5,077 villages, affecting 940,300 households.Water levels were rising in 14 provinces, stable in six provinces and Bangkok, and receding in nine others, according to the department.Bangkok has been among theworst-hit areasafter days of intense rainfall inundated roads and residential neighbourhoods.

Local authorities continued pumping water from affected areas as rainfall eased.September is thepeakof Thailand's rainy season, but many Bangkok residents said this year's floods seemed worse than previous ones.Scientists warn the intensity and frequency of extreme weather events will increase as global warming accelerates because of fossil fuel emissions.Meanwhile, at least 81 people were killed and 62 others injured in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh between September 25 and 27,The Times of Indiareported, citing the state Relief Commissioner’s Office.At least 2,254 houses were damaged and 154 animals killed, while authorities continued assessing crop losses, according to the report.The state received an average of 66.5 millimetres of rainfall during a 48-hour period, compared with the normal 7.6 millimetres, or 775 percent above normal, according to the report.Fifty-six of Uttar Pradesh’s 75 districts recorded “large excess” rainfall, it added.Meanwhile, at least one person was declared dead in Myanmar, as more than a dozen people remained missing amid flooding in southern Tanintharyi Region, theMyanmar Nowoutletreported.