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Floods triggered by heavy rain across Thailand have killed 80 people over the past month, the Bangkok Post reported Monday, citing the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM).
Flooding continues in Bangkok and 22 provinces, although water levels are falling, the newspaper said. About 604,265 households and 1.83 million people have been affected nationwide.
Most flooded provinces lie in the Central Plains, the low-lying river basin region surrounding Bangkok in the country's center. Floods also persist in parts of the north, east and south.
In Bangkok, floods affected 210,648 households in the Lat Krabang, Nong Chok, and Min Buri districts on the city's eastern side.
Prachin Buri, a province east of the capital, recorded the highest toll with 26 deaths. Samut Prakan, which borders Bangkok to the southeast, reported nine deaths and Chachoengsao, also east of the capital, seven.
Sa Kaeo and Nakhon Nayok each recorded six deaths, Suphan Buri five and Bangkok four. Floods affected 51,390 households in Prachin Buri, 54,729 in Chachoengsao, and 23,835 in Nakhon Nayok, according to a Bangkok Post summary.
DDPM reported Oct. 1 that floods hit Bangkok and 30 provinces, affecting 1,177,404 households and 3,352,395 people, with at least 24 deaths. DDPM Director-General Nirat Pongsittithavorn attributed the flooding to heavy to very heavy rain combined with water discharged from the north joining water already in the central region. On Oct. 1, the floods affected 191 districts and 8,714 villages.
On Oct. 10, DDPM said floods remained in 21 provinces and Bangkok, affecting more than 1.13 million households and 3.15 million people, including 329,000 households in the capital. Nirat instructed provincial offices to mobilize personnel and machinery and to survey damage in areas where conditions had improved.
By Oct. 10, provincial figures showed 53 deaths, including 23 in Prachin Buri, nine in Samut Prakan and four in Bangkok. The Interior Ministry said Oct. 12 that the toll since mid-September had reached 71 and that floods had affected 51 provinces during that period, with nearly 908,000 households affected.
Thailand has recorded deadly flooding in recent years. Floods in 2011 killed more than 500 people and damaged millions of homes, according to AFP. In late November 2025, floods in 12 southern provinces killed at least 145 people and affected more than 3.6 million, the Associated Press reported.
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