777peso Flash flooding kills three in northern Thailand

Updated:2024-10-08 04:06    Views:141

BANGKOK: Flash flooding in popular Thai tourist hotspot Chiang Mai has killed three people, a health official said Sunday (Oct 6)777peso, as visitors evacuated hotels through knee-high muddy water and shops closed in the city centre.

Two elephants also drowned in rapidly rising flood waters north of the city, their sanctuary said Sunday.

In the centre of Chiang Mai, people waded through brown floodwaters in the night bazaar, and water flowed into the central train station, which has now been closed.

Local media reported that thousands of bed-ridden elderly and children were in need of food and evacuation after the Ping River reached a historic high on Saturday night.

By Sunday, the water level had receded slightly, authorities said.

Saritdet Charoenchai, a public health official, said that three people had been killed, including a 44-year-old man who was electrocuted and a 33-year-old woman who died in a "mudslide".

More than 80 people have moved into shelters, he said, as almost a dozen medical centres were closed due to the high water, he added.

A local TV station showed a monk carrying a coffin through floodwaters to a cremation site.777peso

This handout photo taken and released on Oct 3, 2024 by the Elephant Nature Park shows elephants standing in flood waters at the sanctuary in Thailand's northern Chiang Mai province. (Photo: AFP/Elephant Nature Park)

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