(CNN) -- Severe, continuous flooding in Thailand has claimed 32 lives, Thailand's official news agency reported Saturday.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation listed fatalities in 10 out of 30 affected provinces. Hardest hit is the northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima, the official MCOT news agency reported.
Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva has informed all six provincial governors of plans to send more officials in to ease relief efforts and work on an alert system, according to the Thai government.
Six points along the Chao Phraya River are being monitored. Residents in the Bangkok area are planning to strengthen the banks alongside the river channel, Thailand's Department of Agriculture reported.
Apirak Kosayodhin, former governor of Bangkok, has been appointed to chair a flood coordination center, MCOT said.
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