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HONG KONG – A huge fire ripped through several high-rise blocks in a Hong Kong residential estate on Wednesday, killing at least 13 people, with media reporting that more residents were trapped inside.

SONGKHLA: The tragic story of a woman forced to store her drowned mother’s body in a floating refrigerator as floodwaters poured through their home in Hat Yai has drawn an outpouring of sympathy on social media.

Thirty-three people had been killed by the severe flooding in the South as of Wednesday, with water levels continuing to rise in most of the inundated provinces.

From an early age, Pichitra Boonyarataphan grew up watching her mother Lumyong — a legendary pioneer in the Thai fashion industry and founder of the Rapee Fashion House and Dressmaking Institute — laboriously sew, embroider and modify intricate outfits.

All shuttle services between Hat Yai airport and the city centre have been temporarily suspended because all roads in the area have been made impassable by flooding.

A group of people who oppose an order to delete data collected from 1.2 million people via iris scanning in Thailand plan to challenge the decision by the Personal Data Protection Committee (PDPC) in court.