Many flood-affected people in Thailand still in need of assistance

Thailand's worst floods in decades have left millions of acres of land under water. Some 60 of the country's 77 provinces, and some eight million people, have so far been affected. Since the beginning of the month, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) and the Thai Red Cross Society have been mobilizing staff and goods to help those hardest hit. The Thai Red Cross has provided 5,000 hot meals a day for flood victims in Chai Nat province and in Ayutthaya since September, a news release issued by the ICRC said. Since October 11, the Thai Red Cross has been operating an additional mobile kitchen with ICRC support in the flood-stricken province of Ayutthaya. The kitchen is providing a further 3,000 people with one hot meal a day.  Working together with the Thai Red Cross, the ICRC has provided emergency relief items (flashlights, candles and enough food to feed a family for three days) for 100 families in Tak province. In addition, the ICRC distributed clothing to 150 elderly people evacuated from their flooded homes in Tak province.