Heavy rain brought by Typhoon Bualoi triggered widespread flooding in northern Thailand, submerging homes and disrupting transport in several provinces.

Drone footage shows emergency responders stranded on a road in Thong Saen Khan District, Uttaradit province, unable to cross due to flooding on September 30.

The Meteorological Department has forecast heavy rain on Monday and Tuesday for the North, Northeast, East, and the western coast of the South, due to the influence of the storm.

Bualoi hit Vietnam early Monday morning with winds reaching 130 km per hour, leaving at least 19 people dead and 88 others injured.

The freak weather had previously caused at least 20 deaths in the Philippines and forced hundreds of thousands of families into evacuation centres.

It has now weakened into a tropical depression as it moves towards northern Laos.