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United Sikhs Malaysia volunteers have mobilised to assist stranded Malaysians in Hat Yai, Thailand, following severe flooding that has devastated the southern Thai city.   The disaster trapped many Malaysian tourists in hotels, with floodwaters rendering roads impassable and bringing all transportation services to a halt, preventing their return home.  Responding swiftly to the crisis, the humanitarian organization deployed a volunteer team across the border to deliver essential support and assistance to those affected.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Together with us, we have our boats, two boats, two motorboats, 15 horsepower and 9.8 horsepower.

00:08We have got two boats and two more kayak, two vehicles under United 6.

00:17So we have got our kayak, we have got our boats, we have got food, we have got aids.

00:23Yesterday, United 6 team received an SOS call for families that are stuck in Hatnyai due to the overnight floods.

00:34They are stranded in hotels, their cars have submerged, have been submerged.

00:40So yesterday, a team of four of us mobilised ourselves from KL and from Penang,

00:46reflect our four-by-four vehicles with two boats, motorboats and kayaks, food.

00:59Today morning, we collected 500 packs of Toti Chanae because we understand from the people

01:05that they have been stranded in the hotel, no food, no electricity as well.

01:10So they are all under a lot of stress.

01:13More than 30 people have reached out to us on Facebook, giving us locations of families.

01:21Some of the people are not well-equipped and therefore they are stranded with no milk, no food.

01:29So we are about to cross the border.

01:32We will give you more updates.

01:35But the idea today is we will actually get closest to Hatnyai.

01:38We are not too sure how close we can get because the water levels are quite high.

01:44There is a SOS, a rate alert, from the local government that the canal has breached dangerous levels.

01:54And it's a cold rate now.

01:56And we are actually trying to raise against time before that canal has to be released,

02:01the water has to be released.

02:02Therefore, we are going to rescue as many people as possible so that the rescue mission is going to be slightly easier.

02:09Hopefully, by the time we reach there, we still can bring people out from the lobby area.

02:14So those people continue to send us messages.

02:19We will try to reach out as many people as possible.

02:22We will try to save as many people and rescue as many people.

02:24It is a rescue mission.

02:28We will basically move people out from the flooded area to dry ground.

02:35And then from there, they should arrange their own accommodation or their way back to Malaysia.

02:43Please just bring your handphones, passports, and any documents only.

02:53No bags, please, because we want to save as many people as possible.

02:57The two boats and the kayaks will not be able to accommodate many people.

03:13The two boats and the kayaks will not be able to accommodate many people.

United Sikhs Malaysia volunteers to assist Malaysians stranded in Hat Yai

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