Death toll from Thailand floods rises to 162, government says

The death toll from floods in southern Thailand has risen to 162, government spokesperson Siripong Angkasakulkiat said on Saturday, up from the previous toll of 145.

Flooding left residents of Hat Yai clinging to rooftops awaiting rescue by boat. In Songkhla province, authorities at the Songklanagarind Hospital said they had no more room to receive bodies and were now relying on refrigerated trucks.

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"The morgue has exceeded its capacity, so we need more," Charn, a morgue official who only gave his first name, told AFP.

There has been growing public criticism of the flooding response and two local officials have now been suspended over their alleged failures.

Hat Yai residents described floodwaters rising rapidly.

"The water rose to the ceiling of the second floor," Kamban Wongpanya, 67, told AFP on Thursday, explaining that she had to be rescued by boat.

Shop owner Chayaphol Promkleng thought at first that his business would be spared because flooding was "only ankle-deep".

He returned the following day to find his shop "flooded to waist-deep level".

"There was nothing I could do. I left the shop to save my life."