Chiang Mai downtown under water
Heavy rains caused severe flooding in downtown Chiang Mai early Friday.
The roads around Si Ping Muang area and Pratu Gom area were flooded at around 5am, with water level a metre high in one spot.
Jensak Limpiti, director of the Chiang Mai Irrigation Office, said officials had used several water pumps to try to drain the floodwaters.
He said so far 11 water pumps have been installed at various spots around Chiang Mai downtown to ease floods and 19 more would be installed on Friday.
Officials would be on standby at the 30 water pumps around the clock throughout the rainy season, he added.
