BANGKOK: Chiang Mai, Thailand's northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding on Saturday (Oct 5) as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall.
BANGKOK: Chiang Mai, Thailand 's northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding on Saturday as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall.
Thai media reported that efforts to evacuate elephants and other animals from several sanctuaries and parks on the outskirts of the city were continuing on Saturday. Thailand's state railway suspended service to Chiang Mai, with trains on the northern line from Bangkok terminating at Lampang, about one-and-a-half hours ride to the south. Chiang Mai International Airport said it was operating as usual on Saturday.
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