Several days of heavy rain in Phayao’s Mae Lao subdistrict has turned the area’s main road into a swiftly running torrent two metres deep. Over 300 locals in 109 households have been marooned by the flooding.
Pinsak Chaiwarin, 46, the chief of Moo 10 village where Ban Kanang is located, said the floods have also covered farmers’ fields, damaging crops.
He added that the village had enough food for around three days.