News Forum - Flooding from overflowing rivers soaks Chiang Rai and the border

[Thaiger]

Along the northern borders of Thailand, rains have swelled rivers beyond capacity and caused widespread flooding. The Sai River along the Burmese border started rising on Friday and by Saturday morning the riverbanks burst and flooded a border town in the Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, according to the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department. Over 2,000 houses were flooded when the banks of the Sai River burst, pouring water into the Sailom Joy Market right at the border checkpoint between Mae Sai and Tachilek in Myanmar. Waters surged to over six metres deep under the bridges in the river, […]

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[HolyCowCm]

Probably not a good time for cave toursim.

[DesperateOldHand]

Here it comes.....all flows downward.