Weather Alert – U. S. Consulate General Chiang Mai (September 11, 2024) 

  

Location: Northern Thailand  

  

Event: We are closely monitoring the ongoing heavy rains causing flooding in Northern Thailand.  Social media reports indicated up to 30 cm of flooding in some areas with more flooding expected.  Travelers should contact airlines for updates on flight operations.  Major roads, highways, and other transportation infrastructure may also be affected by ongoing inclement weather. 

  

The Consular Section at the U.S. Consulate General in Chiang Mai is operating as normal.  We urge U.S. citizens to avoid the affected areas and follow the directions of local authorities.  If you are in the affected area and need immediate emergency services, please contact local authorities.  We will continue to provide information to U.S. citizens through Alerts, our embassy and consulate websites, and travel.state.gov.  

 

This was sent to me this evening. Hope you all got it in time to prepare

For what? The level of the Ping river has actually been dropping in the last 24 hrs and the early week flooding upcountry was well covered by news media as well as social media. So this is old news and has ,ittle or np beating as the weather forecast is for rain to ease off.

2 hours ago, brommers said:

For what? The level of the Ping river has actually been dropping in the last 24 hrs and the early week flooding upcountry was well covered by news media as well as social media. So this is old news and has ,ittle or np beating as the weather forecast is for rain to ease off.

Maybe you need to wake up as this was posted last wednesday and there were several deaths, injured and more in Chiang Mai due to the flooding / land slides.

The Consulate's warning could easily have been more specific.  The flooding they are referring to is at the very north part of Chiangmai province in the Mai Ai district.  It's the Mai Ai river that's flooded and it's a tributary of the Mekong River (i.e., none of that water is heading down to the Ping River or to the city we call Chiangmai).

1 minute ago, CMBob said:

The Consulate's warning could easily have been more specific.  The flooding they are referring to is at the very north part of Chiangmai province in the Mai Ai district.  It's the Mai Ai river that's flooded and it's a tributary of the Mekong River (i.e., none of that water is heading down to the Ping River or to the city we call Chiangmai).

They could not, there was a typhoon, anything could have happened. You can't predict such rain / weather accurate, it changes direction constant.

So now the US embassy is now a weather station.

Did someone open a window and found it was raining

10 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

They could not, there was a typhoon, anything could have happened. You can't predict such rain / weather accurate, it changes direction constant.

Sorry, I disagree.  The daily tracking of Typhoon Yagi (and its remnants) has clearly reflected that almost all of Chiangmai province has not been within what they call the rather wide "cone of uncertainty" of Yagi. 

2 hours ago, brommers said:

For what? The level of the Ping river has actually been dropping in the last 24 hrs and the early week flooding upcountry was well covered by news media as well as social media. So this is old news and has ,ittle or np beating as the weather forecast is for rain to ease off.

Agreed... "For what?"

Maybe it was a feeble attempt to sound relevant and justify their existence here in Chiang Mai.

After squatting in Dara Rasami's - once lovely - residence since before WWII they're about to move into a fortress-like consulate that must have cost the American taxpayers billions of dollars, not to mention creating a new eyesore in CM.