Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim villages devastated by 4th flood in a month
Flash floods hit areas along the Mae Sa and Mae Rim rivers, with water levels rising higher and faster than last month’s inundations
Many villages in Chiang Mai’s Mae Rim district were inundated from runoffs on Thursday morning due to heavy rain overnight.
People living along Mae Sa and Mae Rim were flooded for the fourth time in less than a month after both rivers broke their banks due to the runoffs.
Residents said the overnight rain resulted in runoffs from Doi Suthep and Doi Pui mountains filling the rivers and flooding areas like Pong Yaeng, Mae Ram, Rim Nua and Rim Tai in Mae Rim districts.
People living in the villages of Ban Pa Muang, Ban Huay Jo, Ban Hong Nok, Ban Hong Nai villages in the Mae Ram subdistrict were hit by flash floods at around 3.30am.
They said the water was flowing faster and the flood was deeper than the last round of inundation on September 23. Many complained that they had only just started cleaning up and repairing their damaged homes when they were flooded again.
At around 7am, Ban Thong Fai village in Rim Nua subdistrict and Ban Nong Pha and Ban Ton Kaew villages in Tomb Rim Tai subdistrict were hit by flash floods.
The flood is expected to drain into the Ping River, which runs through Chiang Mai’s downtown, and it is expected the further burden the already bloated Mae Ping River.
