A hospital's ceiling collapsed as heavy monsoon rains battered Thailand.

Footage shows the detached wooden sheet boards flaking off the structure while the floors were swamped with rainwater in Ang Thong province on September 8.

Some patients were moved to the OPD room while some had to be transferred to another hospital in Ang Thong province.

Hospital Director Doctor Meechai Wisaetsittichok said: 'The hospital's ceiling could not bare the huge amount of rain water which caused it to crumble.

‘It may take some time to inspect and repair the room to avoid a short circuit.'

Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia, such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, are in the middle of their tropical monsoon rainy season, which lasts from May or June until November.

Soaring temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius are often followed by powerful tropical storms with thunder, lightning, rain and flash floods which cause rivers to flow faster and become dangerous.

This year, meteorologists have blamed climate change for the sustained heavy rain, which has been hitting the Thai capital and provinces around the country causing severe floods for several weeks.

Warnings of strong wind and storms were also issued for regions across the northeast, east, and south. Thailand's Center for Climate Change and Disaster claimed the coming months could see heavier, longer rainfalls, due to 'climate change'.

Local media reported that the country has this year seen 'an unusually sustained and persistent rainy season'.