By Reuters – published by CNA and Amarin TV
AT LEAST five people have been killed and seven remain missing after heavy rains and landslides brought on by tropical storm Kajiki swept across northern Thailand, the Thai disaster agency said on Thursday (Aug. 28).
Kajiki made landfall as a typhoon in Vietnam earlier this week, killing seven people, inundating more than 10,000 homes and offices as well as 86 hectares of rice and cash crops, the Vietnam government said on Wednesday.
In Thailand, flooding and landslides hit 12 provinces in the north and northeast, including Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son, affecting more than 6,300 people and 1,800 households, the disaster agency said.
Four people in Chiang Mai died in a landslide, and another person drowned in Mae Hong Son, the Interior Ministry said. Fifteen others were injured in Chiang Mai, with another five buried in landslides and two swept away by floodwaters.
On Thursday, flooding continued in eight provinces, where nearly 6,000 people in 1,600 households are still affected, according to the ministry.
The destruction marked the second time this year when northern Thailand was battered by typhoon remnants, after Wutip in June swept in from southern China.
Meanwhile Yom river in upper northern Phrae province overflowed its banks after rising around nine metres today and flooding some municipal communities with Maha Pho bridge closed due to the inundation.
Floodwater at Chetawan and Klang communities is over a metre high while officials are monitoring the flooding in other subdistricts in the Yom river basin which was expected to rise no more than 9.5 metres before noon today.
Phrae municipality is expediting pumping out floodwater with pumps placed at various locations.
The provincial governor issued an order to quickly drain out the floodwater because even after Kajiki moves away there are other storms looming and if the Yom river flows slowly it could lead to repeated flooding lingering on in September.
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Top and Front Page: Phrae badly flooded after the Yom river overflowed its banks today. Photos: Amarin TV
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