At least 43 people have died since the start of the year in southern Thailand as heavy rain caused the region's worst flooding in decades.
Most of the 43 casualties were drownings, while more than 1.6 million people across 12 provinces were affected by the extreme weather as of Monday, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department officials said.
Another round of unusually heavy rainfall is predicted in Thailand between Monday and Wednesday, according to the country's weather bureau.
Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said floods in the country's south had eased although some areas remained inundated.
Sansern said the government had drained water overflow and dredged several waterways to prepare for the new round of rain expected this week.
Residents were advised to move their belongings to higher ground and to monitor official announcements.
Meanwhile, a five-metre crocodile that slipped out of a zoo in Nakhon Si Thammarat province last week was captured over the weekend and returned to the zoo on Monday, local website Khaosod English reported.
However, a group of the zoo's smaller crocodiles remain unaccounted for.
Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha called the unseasonal heavy rainfall and flash floods "the most severe in 30 years".
