Flash flood devastates rice field in Lampang’s Muang Pan district

 

LAMPANG:-- Triggered by heavy rains for two consecutive days, flash flood swept through a large area in Muang Pan district of Lampang province on Friday, submerging over 30 houses and causing extensive damage to rice fields

 

Muang Pan district officials who inspected the flood-hit villages said that the flood water level in some villages was about one metre high.

 

Full story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/flash-flood-devastates-rice-field-in-lampangs-muang-pan-district/

 

 

 

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The rice next to us is laying flat, just knocked down by the rain.

 

 

Rain has affected the crops in the Wiang Chai & Wiang Numa areas that I'm aware of

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Sorry that so many have had their crop damaged, but there's still so much oversupply that prices are still way down this year.  Bad year for rice farming.

I hear a rumour of subsidies....

The last few days I have seen stalwart farmers and helpers harvesting flattened crops by hand. Most have no choice, as it being their only living. 'Some years are easier than others' comes to mind.

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They're out there today, about half the crew he would normally use.

They're  just cutting it and leaving it laying to dry.