Evacuations are under way to help people stranded at numerous locations in Muang and Saraphi districts of this northern Thai province, which were heavily hit by the overflowing Ping River from late Saturday night.

Chang Wat Chiang Mai, Thailand - October 05, 2024 Heavy rainfall swept through northern Thailand on Friday, October 4, causing the second major flood within a week. Residents of Chiang Mai and surrounding areas were forced to evacuate to higher ground,

More than 100 elephants at the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai province were moved to higher ground to escape rapidly rising flood waters, an employee who gave her name as Dada said. But two elephants – named in local media as 16-year-old Fahsai and 40-year-old Ploython, who was blind – were found dead on Oct 6.

Chiang Mai, Thailand’s northern city popular with tourists, has been inundated by widespread flooding as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall.

Areas of a key tourist city in northern Thailand, as well as the surrounding provinces, have been flooded by swelling water levels of a major river in addition to a dam exceeding storage capacity.

The Chiang Mai city government said the water level of the Ping River, which runs along the eastern edge of the city, was at critically high levels and was rising since Friday.

As videos surface from the sanctuary, it can be seen how elephants are walking in the rising water levels hoping to get to a safety zone as soon as possible. The sanctuary is dedicated to elephants who are rescued or have escaped ultimate cruelty to live a peaceful life ahead.

Chiang Mai, a city in northern Thailand that is popular with tourists, was flooded on Saturday as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall. Authorities ordered some evacuations and said they were working to pump water out of residential areas and clear obstructions from waterways and drains to help the floodwater recede faster.

October 04, 2024 Floods breached sandbag barriers as heavy rain returned to northern Thailand. Torrential rainfall struck the region again and caused the Sai River to burst its banks in Chiang Mai province on October 3.