Mountain run-off hits Chiang Rai road, village
Mountain run-off inundated a road and a village in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district early Saturday following long hours of heavy downpours.
The authorities said the run-off from Doi Nang Nong mountains hit a portion of Phaholyothin Road in Ban Nam Nam Cham village. The water was about one-metre-high and the flooded area was about three kilometres long.
The authorities used sandbags to create a make-shift flood embankment to regain one lane of the load for motorists. Officials were stationed to direct traffic at the spot when the engines of three cars shut down after being submerged.
The run-off also flooded the ground floors of some 70 houses in Ban Tha Yang Mai, prompting the villagers to scramble to move their belongings upstairs.. Some 30 troops were dispatched to help villagers carry their items.
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