"It has located and transported 34 Singaporeans from flood-affected areas directly to Hat Yai International Airport since Nov 27," the post said. "It will continue to deploy vehicles to support ongoing evacuation efforts."

By the time Mr Toh's group reached the airport, it was around 4pm. It had taken them nine hours to get to there, when the journey would normally take under an hour.

But their ordeal was not over as there were no flights out.

"They (had) to sleep on the airport floor on cardboard yesterday night, it’s really tough for the elderly," said Roy Toh, Mdm Chan and Mr Ronnie Toh's son.

They initially booked the 11pm Friday night flight.

"Later on, we heard the news that MFA has actually requested Scoot to reinstate the afternoon flight, which is flying off at 1pm. It was cancelled, then they put it back," he said.

They decided to move to the earlier flight so they could return home earlier. 

The Singapore Embassy in Bangkok said that as of 3pm, there were 90 available seats on the flight to Singapore departing at 11.10pm. 

"Passengers who have later flight reservations with Scoot and wish to return earlier to Singapore from Hat Yai International Airport will be able to change their flight by contacting Scoot," the embassy said in a WhatsApp channel.

Asked if they still dare to travel after this experience, Mr Ronnie Toh and Mdm Chan said yes.

"I like some adventure," said Mr Toh, a former policeman.

"I didn't die this time, why wouldn't I dare to travel?" said Mdm Chan.