{"id":96500,"date":"2026-10-30T11:31:16","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:31:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96500"},"modified":"2026-10-30T11:31:16","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T03:31:16","slug":"severe-flooding-hits-patong-phuket-as-roads-disappear-underwater-and-cars-are","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=96500","title":{"rendered":"Severe flooding hits Patong, Phuket, as roads disappear underwater and cars are&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n\ud83d\udea8 Severe flooding hits Patong, Phuket, as roads disappear underwater and cars are left submerged.<\/p>\n<p>Footage circulating online on 28 October showed residents wading through chest-deep floodwater to reach safety, while vehicles were caught in the rising waters.<\/p>\n<p>One social media user explained that Patong is surrounded by hills, meaning heavy rainfall can send large volumes of water rushing downhill into the town. High tides may also make it harder for floodwater to drain into the sea.<\/p>\n<p>The incident has sparked questions about recurring flooding and whether more needs to be done to improve drainage infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>Tourists and residents are advised to avoid low-lying areas and flooded roads.<\/p>\n<p>Full story in the comments.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/863598540_1118999647378644_3318530606111682335_n.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp_automatic_fb_img\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/863598540_1118999647378644_3318530606111682335_n.png\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/100064694979509\/posts\/1559870286179456\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source<\/a>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udea8 Severe flooding hits Patong, Phuket, as roads disappear underwater and cars are left submerged. Footage circulating online on 28 October showed residents wading through&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96501,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-96500","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-news-sg-global","wpcat-2-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=96500"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96500\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/96501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=96500"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=96500"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=96500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}