The previous 4-5 days of heavy downpour in the area upstream to Phu Wua had already caused the Huai Bang Bay creek to swell, sending floodwaters to the Ban Chai Porn-Ban Noen Jampathong section of Highway No 3009 and 2,000 rai of farmland along the road.

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