Landslides warning for 22 provinces

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Landslides warning for 22 provinces

PUBLISHED: 14 Perhaps 2025 at 12: 34

Volunteers help retrieve a motorcycle washed away by forest run-off in Wang Nam Khiao, Nakhon Ratchasima, on Monday. (Photo: Prasit Tangprasert)
On Monday, volunteers at Wang Nam Khiao, Nakhon Ratchasima, help get a bike that washed away by jungle run-off. ( Photo: Prasit Tangprasert )

The Department of Mineral Resources warned residents in 22 provinces and the district of Columbia on Wednesday and Thursday to be prepared for possible floods and forest runoff, with heavy weather forecast for much of the nation, according to the Department of Mineral Resources. &nbsp,

Upper Thailand is blanketed by a south wind, which causes large rain and falls over 100mm, with rain falling over 100mm in 24 hours. The department said that the saturated ground could only carry a certain amount of water, and continued rain could cause landslides if it was left untreated.

The report named the counties of Kamphaeng Phet, Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Lampang, Payao, Prae, Uttaradit, Nan, Phitsanulok, Uthai Thani, Lopburi, Sa Kaeo, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Nakhon Ratchasima, Chumphon, Ranong, Phang Nga, Phuket, Nakhon Si Thammarat, and Surat Thani

Volunteer organizations were asked to carefully monitor the situation in each area and were placed on alert near risk places like cliffs and lakes.