Volunteers at ground zero in Hat Yai, Thailand, are appealing for assistance from the Malaysian government as they struggle to evacuate large numbers of Malaysians with limited resources.
According to United Sikhs Malaysia, more manpower and equipment such as boats and large trucks are urgently needed to reach areas with waist-deep water and move stranded people out of their hotels.
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00:11Volunteers at Ground Zero in Hat Yai, Thailand are appealing for Malaysian government assistance as they struggle to evacuate large numbers of Malaysians with limited resources.
00:22Urgent requests from Ground Zero, there is a dire need of more manpower at Ground Zero to bring people out from their hotels.
00:37We need boats, we need big trucks, high level trucks, high heights, the height will be high, 14 wheeler trucks, so that we can actually go to areas that are up to waste.
00:52Length and bring people out from the hotels.
00:55Sunil told the staff from Hat Yai that machinery support is needed, especially from the Malaysian government.
01:02United Sikhs is among the first NGOs to begin evacuation efforts in Hat Yai since Sunday.
01:09Sunil said machinery support is needed, especially from the Malaysian government.
01:14We need help from the government of Malaysia or anybody, any other NGO who can help us.
01:20Please bring your trucks, bring big trucks and manpower.
01:26A lot of people are suffering in the hotel because food supply has been cut off.
01:30The last 24 hours, food supply is really badly cut off.
01:34He said food supplies are badly disrupted as waters have risen to very high levels, adding that only some hotels are still able to provide food.
01:42Because water levels rise very, very high.
01:45When I say very high means lobby not accessible anymore.
01:49So which means the hotel is totally cut off from any rescue work.
01:54So therefore, we have to bring them out.
01:57Now, we hear that the water has come down to some areas, the water has come down to a waste level.
02:03So we need that kind of now machinery and help so that we can bring the people out.
02:09Sunil adds an estimated 2,000 Malaysians remain in multiple hotels.
02:14We are currently overwhelmed because too many requests.
02:19There are more than still 2,000 over Malaysians in multiple hotels, very widespread.
02:25So we need more help to bring people out.
02:28But you must come equipped with trucks so that we can put people on the truck and bring them out.
02:35Sunil said each truck costs up to 1,000 ringgit, and that evacuees cannot return to the border without a rescue vehicle.
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