Rescuers pull body from northeast monsoon floods in southern Thailand as more than 100,000 are evacu

Rescue teams this morning recovered the body of a man killed by floods which have ravaged southern Thailand and caused more than 100,000 people to be evacuated.

The body of Sulkifli Doloh, 28, was found floating in muddy water overflown from a river in Songklha province. He had been washed away by raging torrents the previous day while driving with his mother, Marie, 50, but she was saved by passers-by and taken to hospital.