Flash flood warning for mountainous areas

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Flash flood warning for mountainous areas

The Northern office of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has issued a warning for people in the North and North East that heavy rains will be hitting through the rest of the week. People living near hills and waterways are urged to take extra caution and prepare for possible flash floods from forest runoff due to heavy rains in the next few days. Chiang Mai, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Lampang, Lamphun, Tak, Phrae, Phayao, Nan, and Loei in the North as well as Sakhon Nakhon, Mukdahan, Nong Khai, Buengkhan, Nakhom Phanom, Udon Thani, and Nong Bua Lamphu.
Tak has already been hit but heavy rains and flash floods with the market at Rim-Moei submerged under 50 cm of water forcing vendors to evacuate. The Moei River has overflown its banks in the heaviest rains seen in a decade.
There is a national hotline for people needing assistance for those affected by heavy rains: 1784.

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