Flooding in southern Thailand leaves residents stranded

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Heavy rain caused flooding in Hat Yai district in Thailand’s southern Songkhla province on Saturday (Nov 22).  Hat Yai municipality declared a severe flood emergency and issued a “red flag” evacuation order for 103 communities.   WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline

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00:00Heavy rain caused flooding in Hat Yai District in Thailand's southern Tsongkla province on Saturday.

00:06Hat Yai municipality declared a severe flood emergency and issued a red flag evacuation order for 103 communities.

00:15Authorities urged residents to move to safe areas immediately, citing a three-day rainfall accumulation of 595 millimeters.

00:22Video filmed by local broadcaster TPBS showed people wading through knee-high water as they evacuated.

00:30While houses and vehicles were left stranded.

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