[Southern Thailand Floods] Rumored to Be Rescued But Unable to Contact—4 Teachers from Kulim Trapped by Floods Confirmed Rescued

Earlier, it was rumored that four teachers from Kulim who were trapped by the flood had been rescued, but their families were unable to contact them for a long time. It was later discovered that this was due to an error in the messages. Now, the families have confirmed that the four teachers have indeed been rescued and are in good physical condition.

Following the severe flooding in Hat Yai, Thailand, a post circulating on social media earlier claimed that four teachers from Kulim were trapped in a guesthouse, with one of them bitten by a centipede.

Kulim Nobel Kindergarten also confirmed on its Facebook page that the aforementioned four teachers were the principal and teachers from the school. Later, they uploaded a video announcing that the four teachers had been rescued.

However, when the family member of one of the teachers was interviewed by the media, they revealed that although they had heard news of the rescue, they had not been able to contact the four teachers, leaving them anxious and worried.

Even two days after news of their rescue broke, the families had still not managed to get in touch with the four.

On Thursday (27th), the brother of two of the teachers told Kwong Wah Daily that because the family was extremely anxious, his brother entered Hat Yai, Thailand directly from Malaysia, and, with the help of rescue personnel, went to the guesthouse where they were trapped and finally rescued the four people.

He said that according to his understanding, the four are currently in good condition. But he is not sure whether one of them was bitten by a centipede.

He added that he is currently on his way to Hat Yai as well to learn more about the situation.

One of the rescued women also replied to reporters’ messages confirming that all four of them had been successfully rescued. They are currently in a car heading to Lee Garden, and will then look for a ride to Dannok to return to Malaysia.

Additionally, reporters reached out to rescuer Alez to learn more about the rescue process. He revealed that after receiving the notification, rescue personnel immediately launched a rescue operation and successfully rescued a group of four women who were trapped.

He said that since the rescued group also consisted of four women, the rescue team mistakenly assumed they had successfully rescued the four teachers, which led to the mistaken report that the four teachers had been rescued.