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BANGKOK, Sept 23, 2025 (BSS/AFP) - Four people were killed in flooding in 
central Thailand, the nation's disaster agency said Tuesday, with more heavy 
rain forecast this week during the annual monsoon.

More than 250,000 people across several provinces on the Chao Praya river 
basin were impacted by the floods this week, the Department of Disaster 
Prevention and Mitigation said in a statement.

Two men drowned in Ayutthaya province, north of the capital Bangkok, while 
moving their belongings through floodwaters, and another was killed after his 
rowboat capsized in Phetchabun province.

In Phichit province, a 17-year-old girl was killed driving her motorbike 
through a flooded area.

The meteorological department forecast more heavy rain in Thailand's north, 
central and eastern provinces, including Bangkok, until Friday, with the 
possibility of flash floods.

Thailand regularly records heavy rainfall from June to September, but experts 
say human-induced climate change has intensified extreme weather, making 
conditions increasingly unpredictable.

In northern Thailand last month, five people were killed and 15 were injured 
in landslides and flooding triggered by Typhoon Kajiki.

Kajiki tore roofs off thousands of homes in Vietnam, killing several people 
and forcing tens of thousands to evacuate.

Widespread flooding across Thailand in 2011 killed more than 500 people and 
damaged millions of homes around the country.