The toll from floods and mudslides in Thailand caused by the tail end of tropical storm Nock-ten has risen to 13, Thai authorities said on Friday.
Sixteen northern provinces were inundated by the storm, which left more than 60 people dead in the Philippines last month but has since subsided, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said.
Of those killed, seven died in a single mudslide in the mountainous province of Mae Hong Son, near the northwestern border with Myanmar, authorities said. One person remains missing.
Rising waters have affected the livelihoods of almost three quarters of a million people in Thailand, and damaged roads, bridges and reservoirs, the department said. Flooding has receded in two provinces.
Most of those killed in the Philippines were said to have drowned or been buried in landslides, while most of the missing were fishermen who vanished at sea when the storm hit.
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