One killed, one missing, three injured in Khun Tan runoff
Flash flooding and runoffs triggered by torrential rain bring havoc to Lampang’s Hang Chat district
Torrential rains triggered a runoff from the Khun Tan Range in Lampang’s Hang Chat district late Sunday night, killing a woman and injuring three other villagers. Another woman remains unaccounted for, officials said.
Niwat Pralama, 54, mayor of Tambon Wiang Tan Municipality in Hang Chat district, said the body of an elderly woman was found in Mae Tan Noi village after the runoff destroyed her home in Ban Pang Pong-Pang Sai village late Sunday night.
Rescue officials said another woman, who lived in Ban Huay Rian in Wiang Tan district, has been missing since the run-off hit her home.
Three other villagers in the same village were injured and have been admitted to the Hang Chat Hospital.
Run-offs from the Khun Tan Range also hit the Mae Tan Canal, which burst its banks and flooded several villages, including Ban Pang Pong-Pang Sai, Mae Tan Noi and Ban Huay Rian in Tambon Wiang Tan in Hang Chat district.
Some villages in the adjacent Koh Kha district were also hit by the flash floods.
