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Thai family trapped by floods clings to furniture for 48 hours to survive
Khaleej Times
|December 01, 2025
When floodwaters swept into Amphorn Kaeophengkro’s home in the southern Thai city of Hat Yai last Saturday, there was no time to escape.
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Instead, her family of eight rushed to the second floor as water levels swelled, eventually spending 48 hours perched atop a table, a window frame and a washing machine.
“We weren't thinking about anything else except surviving,” the 44-year-old told Reuters by candlelight, as her family began to clean their dwelling after the water had receded.
“We just wanted to make sure everyone around us was safe.”
The floods that have swept through nine southern Thai provinces have killed 162 people, 126 of those in Songkhla, the province with Hat Yai as its capital.
This story is from the December 01, 2025 edition of Khaleej Times.
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