The military sent troops, helicopters and boats to rescue stranded people. At least 33 people have been killed and more than two million displaced over the past week.

Thailand’s government on Monday announced new relief measures for victims of one of the country’s worst floods in decades, weeks before an anticipated call for snap elections.

Thailand’s Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul is facing mounting criticism over his government’s slow response to deadly floods in the south, threatening to derail his party’s ambitions ahead of a snap election.

As reported by leading global news organizations on November 30, catastrophic floods triggered by cyclonic storms across Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka have caused the death of more than 1,