The government mobilized the army to assist the affected families on Wednesday ( Sep 11 ), and four deaths have been claimed by floods and landslides caused by Typhoon Yagi’s heavy rains in northern Thailand.
Around 9, 000 people affected by the floods in the northern regions of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai are receiving support, according to Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra.
The Crisis Prevention and Mitigation Department confirmed the first Yagi-related deaths in the country by confirming two fatalities in a disaster in Chiang Mai state and two more in Chiang Rai, which edges Myanmar.
According to the health ministry, they have deployed health personnel, volunteers, and rescue personnel to relocate older folks to safer locations.
The Thai weather section also issued a warning about additional flash floods possible until next Tuesday due to additional heavy rain.
” Between Sep 13 to 17, please be careful of possible danger caused by heavy to really large rainfall”, it said in a statement.
While Thailand experiences yearly monsoon rains, more severe weather patterns are being caused by man-made climate change, which increase the likelihood of devastating landslides.
A full of 29 people have been killed from big rain-related catastrophe since the start of the season, according to the village’s emergency operation center.