A total of 27 provinces have been declared cold spell disaster zones since the annual big chill hit the country on November 2, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department reported on Friday.

The cold weather is now prevailing over 28,013 villages in 299 districts in the declared disaster zones, the department said.

The provinces are northern provinces of Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Nan, central provinces of Suphanburi, Nakhon Pathom and Ratchaburi, Tak, Phayao, Lampang, Lamphun, Petchabun, northeastern provinces of Sakon Nakhon, Loei, Nong Khai, Nakhon Phanom, Ubon Ratchathani, Mahasarakham, Mukdahan, Kalasin, Buri Ram, Si Sa Ket, Bueng Khan, Udon Thani.

The country has just recovered from the worst flood in almost 50 years, killing nearly 800 people.

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