Among thousands of people stranded in their flooded residences and hotels in the southern district of Hat Yai, Songkhla, are hundreds of Malaysian tourists, many of whom have sent out messages asking for help.
Malaysian media reported that conditions have turned dire for many of the stranded Malaysians as flash floods left them without adequate food, electricity or water since last night.
The New Straits Times said that among them is a group staying at the Wangburapa Grand Hotel whose electricity supply was cut early yesterday morning, followed by the water supply later at night.
"There is no proper food. We are relying solely on bread, and even that is extremely limited,” said of the students.
"We have not received any food aid from any party so far and are only depending on what little we have left," she said in an update at 9.35pm.
She added that floodwaters had entered the hotel's ground floor, but they remained safe as they were on the fifth floor.
However, she said the continuous rain was causing water levels to keep rising, hindering any movement in or out of the area.
"The surroundings of the hotel, including the main roads, are completely flooded. Even four-wheel-drive vehicles cannot pass through the area because the water is too deep, exceeding the height of trucks," she said.
The New Straits Times said the stranded group comprises four lecturers and 36 students from Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM)'s Tunku Puteri Intan Safinaz School of Accountancy (TISSA-UUM), who were participating in the Thai-MYS Cultural Exchange Programme 2025.
The group was supposed to return home yesterday after completing the two-day programme.
The Thai PBS news team has alerted local relief units of the plight of the stranded Malaysians.
