Trees, power poles felled by strong winds, while floods hit downtown Chiang Mai

By The Nation

 

Picture: Chiang Mai News

 

A major road in Chiang Mai province was blocked by fallen trees and power poles on Tuesday following strong winds and heavy rains.

 

Trees and power poles on the Chiang Mai-Fang road in Mae Taeng district were brought down at about 10am, officials said.

 

Phairin Limcharoen, chief of the province’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office, coordinated with the Provincial Electricity Authority’s Chiang Mai office to send officials to remove the obstructions as a matter of urgency.

 

Then, at about 11.30 am, downtown Chiang Mai was hit with heavy rain, leading to flooding as rainwater flowed down Doi Suthep mountain too fast to be drained.

 

Meanwhile, officials on Tuesday visited 27 houses in four villages of Tambon Mae Thalob, in Chai Prakan district, that had recently suffered storm damage.

 

They handed out food and other necessities to affected villagers.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30354712

 

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I was in that storm just out of town, rain was very heavy but only for 10 minutes.

I just sat down in the local beer shop and waited for the heavy rain to pass.

Meanwhile; we were having lunch at Kad Farang and all we had was a 15 minute shower which had ended before we reached home just 3 klicks away.

On two occasions in the past 3 months we have had 3 transformers blow up and bring down power lines in the busy end of Nimmanhaemin Road (corners of Sois 2 and 3). This is the most favored  area in Chiang Mai for Chinese tourists. In the first incident one pole served as a Roman Candle to shoot flames into the night sky. The area is a forest of bent concrete and steel poles leaning at precarious angles, weighed down with miles of festooned coiled and hanging wires. It is just a matter of perhaps a very short time before this all comes crashing down and there is a real tragedy with loss of life and property damage. If the province’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office doesn't take action to stop this from happening then all will know to whom one of the fingers should be pointed. Apart from the human tragedy, can you imagine the severe damage this would do to Chiang Mai's and Thailand's tourism industry?

23 minutes ago, Saladin said:

On two occasions in the past 3 months we have had 3 transformers blow up and bring down power lines in the busy end of Nimmanhaemin Road (corners of Sois 2 and 3). This is the most favored  area in Chiang Mai for Chinese tourists. In the first incident one pole served as a Roman Candle to shoot flames into the night sky. The area is a forest of bent concrete and steel poles leaning at precarious angles, weighed down with miles of festooned coiled and hanging wires. It is just a matter of perhaps a very short time before this all comes crashing down and there is a real tragedy with loss of life and property damage. If the province’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office doesn't take action to stop this from happening then all will know to whom one of the fingers should be pointed. Apart from the human tragedy, can you imagine the severe damage this would do to Chiang Mai's and Thailand's tourism industry?

Exploding transformers is nothing new to the Thai...i 've seen one explode in our community, a big one in front of a mall on poles....nobody cares if it happens...i thought the lightning struck the building haha.

 

 

2 hours ago, Thian said:

Exploding transformers is nothing new to the Thai...i 've seen one explode in our community, a big one in front of a mall on poles....nobody cares if it happens...i thought the lightning struck the building haha.

 

 

This was 100 metres from Maya shopping centre and opposite the new One Nimman shopping complex. They put the fire out but the blackened pylon still decorates the sky and the tangle of poles and wires in the immediate vicinity look ready to collapse at any minute.

I am in the US we had a transformer blow a few nights ago