Death toll from Thai, Myanmar floods reaches 127*

BANGKOK, Oct 20 (AFP) Oct 20, 2006

The death toll from severe flooding in Thailand and neighboring Myanmar
reached 127 as Thai weather authorities warned Friday of more heavy
rains over the weekend in the country's south.

At least 108 people have died in Thailand since severe flooding began in
late August in the country's central and northern provinces, the
interior ministry said in a statement.

The death toll soared overnight after the ministry confirmed that 25
people reported dead earlier were confirmed to be flood victims.

The water that inundated northern Thailand was slowly working its way
south, but 16 central provinces were still suffering from the floods,
the ministry said.

At its peak earlier in the month, the flooding, triggered by heavy rains
from Typhoon Xangsane, affected 46 of the nation's 76 provinces.

In neighboring Myanmar, 19 people died in floods across central and
eastern parts of the country, but in most places there, the water has
already subsided.