A total of 281 people were confirmed dead and two people were missing in the floods that have inundated the upper part of the country for almost three months, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Wednesday.

Floods still prevail in 61 of 77 provinces in Thailand, affecting about 2 million households and 8 million people.

A total of 12 more people were confirmed dead on Tuesday, with seven in eastern province of Prachinburi.

Northern province of Phichit still has the highest death toll of 41 people, followed by central province of Nakhon Sawan, where 30 people were killed by flood.

Flash floods and mudslide were caused by the heavy monsoon since mid July.

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Floods still prevail in 61 of 77 provinces, affecting about 2 million households and 8 million people.

Of 60 provinces hit by flood, the situation in 35 provinces, mostly in the northern and northeastern provinces, have slowly been recovering, the report says, while the flood situation in central provinces, especially in central province of Nakhon Sawan, Ayutthaya, Prathumthaini have been worsen.

About 50 main highways in many provinces are flooded and cannot be passed and some north-bound train routes were cancelled. Also, All buses to the north were cancelled.