PUBLISHED: 18 Aug 2024 at 13: 51
Late on Saturday nights, the Sai River overflowed into Mae Sai district’s border areas and areas as a result of heavy storms and torrents of liquid from the Shan State of Myanmar.
In the district’s rainy season, the brimming border river caused flooding for the third time at the local Sai Lom Joy market, and it was the second flooding that in a week. Late on Saturday nights, the business was 1.00-1.50 feet underground.
Along with the frontier business, rainwater also affects areas along the Sai River, including those in the Koh Sai-Koh Sawan and Mueang Daeng ethnic communities as well as the Mai Lung Khon business.
The Sai River overflows in addition to large weather because of water leaks from reservoir areas in Myanmar’s Shan State. Late on Saturday nights, the Tachileik town in Myanmar’s neighbor to the Mae Sai district was likewise flooded.
The Tak River overflowed into Ban Thung Chao, a tambon Pae Pao settlement, in the Phaya Mengrai area. At Wat Boonyawat in the area, the floodwaters were deeper than one meter.
Rainwater measured 120 millimeters over the course of the previous 24 hours in this northern province, according to the Office of the National Water Resources.
There was a disaster on the way to the Phu Chi Fa National Park in the Thoeng city. In Wiang Chai city, a run-off hit 15 settlements in tambon Don Sila and tambon Ha Ngam.
Four settlements in tambon Bua Salee and tambon Pa Kor Dam were overflowed by an irrigation river in the Mae Lao city. In the districts of Chiang Saen, the Kham and Kok streams flooded seven settlements in the tambon Pa Sak and tambon Sri Don Moon.
About 2, 000 communities in Chiang Rai were impacted by the floods, according to the local office of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, and the flood may stop in a few days unless rains continue.