Mudslides, flash floods hit villages in Chiang Mai

CHIANG MAI: -- At least 7 villages in this northern city became inaccessible after mudslides and flash floods blocked the road to them and also hit some of the villages.

The provincial administration said the flash floods and mudslides in Tambon Mae Win and Tambon Mae Wang in Mae Wang district at about 1:20 am.

Charal Panmongkol, 57, village head of Phanton Village in Tambon Mae Wang reported to the provincial administration that his village was hit by the mudslides and flash floods, which also blocked the road.

Charal reported that six neighbouring villages were also hit.

The head of the Mae Mood village in Tambon Mae Win also reported to the provincial administration that his village was hit by mudslides and flash floods.

-- The Nation 2007-09-23

Update:

One thousand homes flooded in Chiang Mai flash flood

CHIANG MAI: -- Rising floodwaters have isolated and cut off more than 1,000 homes in a village in this northern province following several hours of a heavy downpour early Saturday.

Flooding in some areas in Mae Wang district exceeded one metre after a canal overflowed its banks and carried mud-laden waterflows into villagers' houses. Roads linking villages in the district were also cut while thousands of rai of agricultural land were under water.

Emergency workers and local relief officials brought heavy trucks and flat-bottomed boats to help villagers who were stranded in their houses, but no other than inconvenience, no deaths have been reported so far.

Meanwhile, the Royal Irrigation Department announced that the flood situation in Wiang Pa Pao district in Thailand's northernmost province of Chiang Rai had returned to normal following heavy rains which had continued since Wednesday.

Flash flood in the province had destroyed two earth embankments in the district as well as inundated farms and homes.

--TNA 2007-09-29