Australians are among more than 15,000 tourists trapped on holiday islands after storms and floods hit southern Thailand, killing at least 15 people and destroying villages.

Victims were either swept away by the rising waters, or buried in mudslides as the unseasonably wet weather deluged the homes and businesses of around a million people in what should be one of the hottest months of the year.

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