The Ping River continues to rise, causing water to overflow the banks and flood residential and commercial areas. The water level is almost 2 meters high after heavy rain.
The Pa Phrao Nok community is suffering greatly after the water quickly flooded the area. They must now use boats to transport people and belongings in and out of the area after the water level rose to chest height or almost 2 meters, the same as last time. Meanwhile, many tourists are still stranded in the area. The sick have been moved to a safe area.
There are also other communities that are flooded, such as Chiang Mai Land and Chang Klan Road, where the water is more than 1 meter high, causing many cars to be submerged in the middle of the road after the water overflowed at 11 pm last night (October 3) and rose rapidly at 2 am until now, spreading to flood many communities. In Ban Pa Phrao Nok and Chiang Mai Land, which has a care center for the elderly, they requested assistance from rescue workers from the Chiang Mai Kuson Songkhro
Association to help move a grandmother who has asthma from the flooded care center to safely take her to the hospital.
While the Ping River level is still rising continuously, higher than ever before and may reach 5 meters because there will be a mass of water from Mae Taeng and Mae Rim, plus the rain is still falling harder and there is no sign of stopping.
Source: Thai News Agency