The Thai Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has announced that at least 244 people have been killed in floods in Thailand since mid-July.
"The full extent of damage has yet to occur," the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, meanwhile, said in a statement on Thursday.
The floods have affected nearly two million people. The worst-hit regions are in the northern, northeastern, and central parts of the country, where many of the highways remain water-logged.
Also on Thursday, hundreds of prisoners were evacuated from a prison in the Ayutthaya town, about 105 kilometers (65 miles) north of the capital, Bangkok, Reuters reported.
Somsak Rangsiyopas, Deputy Director-General of the country's Correction Department, said water nearly two meters (six feet) high had inundated the prison and the area around it.
"We had to the use rope to get people out of the prison due to the strong current," he said, adding that the prisoners were being transferred to nearby jails.
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"The full extent of damage has yet to occur," the UN's Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, meanwhile, said in a statement on Thursday.
The floods have affected nearly two million people. The worst-hit regions are in the northern, northeastern, and central parts of the country, where many of the highways remain water-logged.
Also on Thursday, hundreds of prisoners were evacuated from a prison in the Ayutthaya town, about 105 kilometers (65 miles) north of the capital, Bangkok, Reuters reported.
Somsak Rangsiyopas, Deputy Director-General of the country's Correction Department, said water nearly two meters (six feet) high had inundated the prison and the area around it.
"We had to the use rope to get people out of the prison due to the strong current," he said, adding that the prisoners were being transferred to nearby jails.
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