Chaiyaphum province hit by flooding as heavy rains cause canals to rise
Many areas of the northeastern province of Chaiyaphum's Muang district on Friday were inundated as canals continued to rise due to heavy rains brought by tropical storm Rai.
A 20-metre-long section of the upstream flood barrier in Ban Kud Suang of Tambon Ban Lao bust at 3am, swamping the Kud Kaen and Huai Sawe canals and causing flooding in the area of Muang Chaiyaphum municipality.
Seven schools were temporarily closed due to flooding while residents in 25 communities hurriedly moved belongings to higher ground. Some areas including Kud Kaen and Noen Samor reported the two-metre-deep flooding.
Promising to bring the flood situation back to normal in one to two days, the municipality had 100 tonnes of water hyacinth removed from the Huai Sawe canal to help drain floodwater faster.
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