Mental health support provided following flooding in flooded Chiang Rai
The Mental Health Department has dispatched assessment and treatment teams to Chiang Rai province, to support people affected by the ongoing flooding and its aftermath.
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The Mental Health Department has dispatched assessment and treatment teams to Chiang Rai province, to support people affected by the ongoing flooding and its aftermath.
8Sixteen people were killed by mudslides or drowned in recent flooding in Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai provinces, another 136 were injured, according to Dr. Opart Karnkawinpong, permanent secretary of public health.
Nong Khai’s municipal administration issued a red alert on Sunday morning, to warn residents in the area to brace for flooding, as the swollen Mekong River has breached a sandbag embankment, causing water to flood a temple community.
Residents, volunteers and local officials have joined forces today for a major clean-up of roads in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, which has been suffering the worst flooding in about 30 years.
Rescue volunteers from the Ruamkatanyu Foundation made their way along a muddy road Friday night to deliver food and drinking water to more than 100 H’mong students and their teachers, stranded in their hilltop school in Doi Thoed Thai in Mae Fah Luang district of Chiang Rai.
Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra trudged along a muddy road and waded through floodwater today, to visit and comfort victims in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai, which is suffering the worst flooding for three decades.
As flood water steadily recedes in Chiang Rai province and flights by some airlines at the Mae Fah Luang airport have resumed today, people living along the Mekong River in Loei, Nong Khai and Bueng Kan provinces were bracing for the river to overflow.
A helicopter from the Department of Public Disaster Prevention and Mitigation successfully rescued an elderly couple on Thursday, who were marooned in their flooded house in the Mai Loong Khun community in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai province.
Government offices and private sector organizations in Chiang Rai have joined forces to provide free accommodation and parking spaces for those affected by the ongoing flooding, as well as for volunteers assisting in the area.
Chalermchai Kositpipat, founder of Rong Khun Temple, more commonly known as the "White Temple" in Chiang Rai, says he will allow people affected by the floods to park their cars at the temple free of charge.
Runoffs from the mountain range in Myanmar’s Shan state and from watershed areas, following unusually heavy rainfall of over 100mm/day for the past three days, are being blamed for the severe flooding in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai and elsewhere in the Golden Triangle, where the borders of Thailand, Laos and Myanmar meet.