mellofello Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 TV "Chiang Rai province have been damaged by flash floods from Doi Nang Kaew and Lao River. Reportedly, more than 500 homes have also been damaged by water breaching the river banks; hundreds and hundreds of rai of agricultural land have been inundated." I just drove through the center of town at 2:00-2:20pm from Macro to the old CM Highway 1211. There are many streets flooded and passable only with a high center vehicle. The vocational school is swamped with hundreds of motorbike engines under water. Best be very careful with any plans or children traveling home in this one! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sceadugenga Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Chiang Rai from the Old Dutch 25/08/2010. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lannaman Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Chiang Rai from the Old Dutch 25/08/2010. If you'd wanted a really interesting Pix you might have caught Lman wading down the middle of this road at 3pm heading for my car parked on raised ground at the back of the Night Bazarre. Had to go to Old Airport Road via The Fruit Market, then got stuck in the flood twice near Chiang Rai Hospital and Wat Jetyot. I think I saw on CNN that Tropical Storm Mondulle is still over Vietnam so maybe we are in for a further deluge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theoldgit Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yep, Mindulle is still on it's way, I fear that was no more than a preemptive strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard2010 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Chiang Rai from the Old Dutch 25/08/2010. Thanks for the update. I read that their was storms in CR & CM One of my friends said she wished it would stop raining. She works next to Mai Ping River. So will be interesting if they get flooded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toybits Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) Took these photos around 3 pm near Suan Tung (Thanalai Road). Water level would have remained high much longer had this kind Tessaban Cops not waded in the water to clear trash blocking the drain. Thank you kind cops... Edited August 25, 2010 by toybits 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidgtr Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 (edited) Interesting thread guys, my friend in MHS says the weather is fine there right now & in Cnx city not much rain at all where I live. If you look at this Thai weather sat image I'd say your rain is not from Mindulle(?), but a depression in the top North. Mindulle seems to have broken up in the last few hours even. But my reading of it all could be totally wrong. Edited August 25, 2010 by davidgtr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will27 Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Scea and toybits, Thanks for the great photo's fella's. Regards Will Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaoPo Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yep, Mindulle is still on it's way, I fear that was no more than a preemptive strike. Mindulle has vanished and gone. Not a trace from it since it was over Vietnam yesterday. Nothing to do with the flooding in Chiang Rai. The flooding likely comes from excessive rains from up north in Laos, Burma and China. LaoPo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
svenivan Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 Yep, Mindulle is still on it's way, I fear that was no more than a preemptive strike. Mindulle has vanished and gone. Not a trace from it since it was over Vietnam yesterday. Nothing to do with the flooding in Chiang Rai. The flooding likely comes from excessive rains from up north in Laos, Burma and China. LaoPo The flooding in Chiang Rai came from more than 100 mm of rain that fell down in Chiang Rai City!! Date Temperature Dewpoint Relative Humidity Pressure Wind Visibility Rainfall (3 hour) Cloud Aug 25, 10 19:00 23.9 23.2 96 1004.77 calm 8.00 0.9 Overcast Sky Aug 25, 10 16:00 24.0 23.3 96 1004.75 calm 3.00 100.1 Overcast Sky Aug 25, 10 13:00 24.5 23.8 96 1005.01 calm 8.00 3.5 Overcast Sky Aug 25, 10 10:00 26.0 24.6 92 1005.82 calm 8.00 0.5 Overcast Sky I am quite sure that came from northern Vietnam over Laos and to Chiang Rai. I have been following it on the weather radar in Chiang Rai and Sakon Nakhon the last couple of days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lizard2010 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Thanks to everyone for sharing their photos and information Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shaunoro Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Floods not that deep at all. 1995 was a good year when sukhumvit was 1m deep in Bangkok. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bifftastic Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 It doesn't seem to have reached up further north to Chiang Saen, it's raining, but intermittently and there's no flooding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Limbo Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Scea and toybits, Thanks for the great photo's fella's. Regards Will Yes, my compliments, nice pictures and thanks for sharing! It is surprising to see how good the new drainage system of Chiang Rai works. No boats necessary anymore in Wang Come 555! After the rain stops it takes less than half an hour and the water is gone. I thinks the deepest point of town is still the street behind the regional hospital, the one that connects San Kong Luang with the Paholyothin. Avoid this road under these conditions unless you are driving a tractor. Though in that case you might be busy for even a longer time to pull stranded cars 'afloat' again. Also the Paholyothin itself, not only the part through the low part of the Wang Come area but also the one off the Little Duck is not always the safest to take with this kind of weather. Limbo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Just got back from CR. The town seemed back to normal. However, between Sop Pao and Phaya Mengrai there was water everywhere. The turnoff to Jubby's was blocked and it looked like he may need a boat to get home. (Posted the same thing in another thread by mistake. Hope Jubby's place is okay.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wileycoyote Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Excellent photos & thank you for the updates. Wiley Coyote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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