All Songkhla province declared flood disaster zone
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All Songkhla province declared flood disaster zone

Defence forces chief assigned to lead rescue operation

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Rescuers evacuate people from tambon Khuan Lung in Hat Yai district of Songkhla, on Tuesday. This area on the city's western outskirts is on higher ground, but has not been spared by the rapidly rising floodwater. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)
Rescuers evacuate people from tambon Khuan Lung in Hat Yai district of Songkhla, on Tuesday. This area on the city's western outskirts is on higher ground, but has not been spared by the rapidly rising floodwater. (Photo: Assawin Pakkawan)

The cabinet on Tuesday declared all of Songkhla province a disaster zone, freeing up relief funds, as the province continued to suffer under the severe flooding that has claimed the lives of at least 13 people in the southern region. 

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