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Thailand: Sai River Overflows After Heavy Rain, Triggers Flooding in Mae Sai

Heavy rainfall caused the Sai River, which flows between Thailand and Myanmar, to overflow early on Monday, July 28, triggering flash floods in Chiang Rai’s Mae Sai district. Water levels reached 398.31 meters at the Mae Sai Friendship Bridge, inundating local markets and residential areas. Evacuations were ordered in flood-prone areas, with emergency services assisting elderly and bedridden residents.

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Thailand: Remnants Of Typhoon Yagi Causes Severe Flooding In Chiang Rai 2

Remnants of Typhoon Yagi brought heavy rains to Thailand, causing severe floods and landslides in the northern region, leaving several dead. The government deployed military special forces in Chiang Rai on Thursday, September 12. This video shows rescue efforts in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai.

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Thailand: Remnants Of Typhoon Yagi Causes Severe Flooding In Chiang Rai 3

Remnants of Typhoon Yagi brought heavy rains to Thailand, causing severe floods and landslides in the northern region, leaving several dead. The government deployed military special forces in Chiang Rai on Thursday, September 12. This video shows rescue efforts in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai.

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Thailand: Remnants Of Typhoon Yagi Causes Severe Flooding In Chiang Rai 4

Remnants of Typhoon Yagi brought heavy rains to Thailand, causing severe floods and landslides in the northern region, leaving several dead. The government deployed military special forces in Chiang Rai on Thursday, September 12. This video shows rescue efforts in Mae Sai, Chiang Rai.

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Thailand: Remnants Of Typhoon Yagi Causes Severe Flooding In Chiang Rai

Remnants of Typhoon Yagi brought heavy rains to Thailand, causing severe floods and landslides in the northern region, leaving several dead. The government deployed military special forces in Chiang Rai on Thursday, September 12.

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Thailand toughens measures to combat northern forest fires

STORY: Thailand toughens measures to combat northern forest fires SHOOTING TIME: March 11, 2024 DATELINE: March 12, 2024 LENGTH: 00:02:09 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of forest fires in Thailand 2. various of Thailand STORYLINE: Thailand is toughening up measures to combat forest fires, including a ban on unauthorized access to conserved areas, as unhealthy levels of airborne dust continued to plague most northern provinces on Monday. Increased surveillance and patrols on protected forest areas will be enforced, and any trespassers caught starting forest fires, a major source of PM 2.5 pollution, will face strict legal action, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Patcharawat Wongsuwan said in a statement on Sunday after meeting with local officials. The Pollution Control Department reported that air quality in most of the country's 17 northern provinces remained at unsafe levels on Monday, with concentrations of PM 2.5 pollutants in some areas of Chiang Rai province

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XINHUA PHOTOS OF THE DAY

(231231) -- BEIJING, Dec. 31, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows a giant cat pattern at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows a giant cat pattern at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-RICE PADDY ART

(231230) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 30, 2023 (Xinhua) -- This aerial photo taken on Dec. 30, 2023 shows giant cat patterns at a rice field in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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Thailand's northern provinces report unsafe levels of air pollution

STORY: Thailand's northern provinces report unsafe levels of air pollution DATELINE: March 28, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:55 LOCATION: Bangkok CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of air pollution in Thailand's northern provinces of Chiang Rai and Chiang Mai STORYLINE: Air pollution continued to plague Thailand's northern provinces, with air quality in some regions reaching unhealthy levels, government reports showed on Monday. The Pollution Control Department (PCD) reported that air quality in most of the country's 17 northern provinces reached unsafe levels, with PM 2.5 soaring to 561 micrograms per cubic meter in some areas in Chiang Rai province, 11 times higher than the national safe limit of 50 micrograms. People in Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Nan and Chiang Mai provinces are advised to take extreme caution this week, PCD official Sakda Tridech said on Monday. The Thai government has attributed the intense air pollution to smoke from forest fires and agricultural burning. Satellite images from the Th

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-KAREN-LONG NECK

(221223) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman weaves cloth at a Karen village in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Dec. 22, 2022. The Karen people, who live in northwest Thailand, regard long necks as beauty. Local girls start to wear copper collars at the age of 4 or 5. With the change of times, the number of women wearing collars has decreased greatly, and the custom of long neck is gradually entering history. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-KAREN-LONG NECK

(221223) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman weaves cloth at a Karen village in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Dec. 22, 2022. The Karen people, who live in northwest Thailand, regard long necks as beauty. Local girls start to wear copper collars at the age of 4 or 5. With the change of times, the number of women wearing collars has decreased greatly, and the custom of long neck is gradually entering history. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-KAREN-LONG NECK

(221223) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Women talk at a Karen village in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Dec. 22, 2022. The Karen people, who live in northwest Thailand, regard long necks as beauty. Local girls start to wear copper collars at the age of 4 or 5. With the change of times, the number of women wearing collars has decreased greatly, and the custom of long neck is gradually entering history. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-KAREN-LONG NECK

(221223) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman is seen at a Karen village in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Dec. 22, 2022. The Karen people, who live in northwest Thailand, regard long necks as beauty. Local girls start to wear copper collars at the age of 4 or 5. With the change of times, the number of women wearing collars has decreased greatly, and the custom of long neck is gradually entering history. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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THAILAND-CHIANG RAI-KAREN-LONG NECK

(221223) -- CHIANG RAI, Dec. 23, 2022 (Xinhua) -- A woman weaves cloth at a Karen village in Chiang Rai, Thailand, Dec. 22, 2022. The Karen people, who live in northwest Thailand, regard long necks as beauty. Local girls start to wear copper collars at the age of 4 or 5. With the change of times, the number of women wearing collars has decreased greatly, and the custom of long neck is gradually entering history. (Xinhua/Wang Teng)

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Myanmar, Thailand discuss antidrug cooperation

Myanmar Prime Minister Than Shwe (L) arrives in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 8 and meets Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) at Doi Tung palace. Chiang Rai is the site of a royal pilot project to substitute cash crops for poppy cultivation. Than Shwe is in Thailand on a two-day visit to seek cooperation with Bangkok in fighting narcotics.

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Rescue efforts at cave complex in Thailand

Relatives wait for the rescue of boys and their soccer coach trapped in a cave on the outskirts of Chiang Rai in northern Thailand on July 6, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thai cave boys, coach meet press

The 12 boys and their soccer coach (far L front row) who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave attend a news conference in the northern Thailand province of Chiang Rai on July 18, 2018, after being discharged from hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Traditional massage therapy in Thailand

Photo taken Oct. 30, 2018, shows a man performing traditional massage therapy with hot oil-soaked hands that have been lit on fire in Chiang Rai, Thailand. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASEAN financial chiefs' meeting in Thailand

Thai Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong (C) speaks at a press conference after a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on April 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASEAN financial chiefs' meeting in Thailand

Thai Finance Minister Apisak Tantivorawong (C) speaks at a press conference after a meeting of finance ministers and central bank governors from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on April 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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ASEAN financial chiefs' meeting in Thailand

Finance ministers and central bank governors from member countries of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations hold a meeting in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on April 5, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thai cave rescue

File photo taken in Chiang Rai in northern Thailand in July 2018 shows boys who were rescued from a flooded cave earlier in the month. The rescue of the 12 boys and their football coach, which drew international attention, will be made into a movie by U.S. production company SK Global Entertainment, Thai media reported on May 8, 2019. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thai cave boys, coach meet press

The 12 boys and their soccer coach (far L front row) who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave attend a news conference in the northern Thailand province of Chiang Rai on July 18, 2018, after being discharged from hospital. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thai cave boys, coach meet press

The 12 boys and their soccer coach (L front row) who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave attend a press conference in Chiang Rai, Thailand, on July 18, 2018, with some holding a portrait of the former Thai navy SEAL, Samarn Kunan, who died during the search and rescue operation. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Thai cave boys, coach meet press

The 12 boys and their soccer coach (front) who were rescued from a flooded Thai cave head toward the venue of a news conference in the northern Thailand province of Chiang Rai on July 18, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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All 13 rescued from Thai cave

Narongsak Osottanakorn, operation commander for the rescue of 12 boys and their soccer coach trapped in a flooded cave in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai, celebrates on July 10, 2018, after all 13 were brought out alive. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boys, football coach missing in Thai cave

Photo taken on July 10, 2018, shows message cards for the 12 boys and their soccer coach displayed near the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in Thailand's northern province of Chiang Rai where they were trapped. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave

An ambulance carrying what is believed to be a boy rescued from a cave in Thailand arrives in a hospital in the northern province of Chiang Rai on July 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave

An ambulance carrying what is believed to be a fifth boy rescued from a cave in Thailand is seen in the northern province of Chiang Rai on July 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue of boys trapped in Thai cave

A stretcher carrying what is believed to be a fifth boy rescued from a cave in northern Thailand is carried from an ambulance parked near the Tham Luang Nang Non cave in the northern province of Chiang Rai on July 9, 2018. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Rescue from Thai cave

Thai authorities announce in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, on July 8, 2018, that they have launched a rescue operation for 12 boys and their football coach from a cave complex in the area. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Cave accident in Thailand

Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha (R) talks in Chiang Rai, northern Thailand, on June 29, 2018, to relatives of boys and their football coach who went missing after entering a cave nearby. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Myanmar, Thailand discuss antidrug cooperation

Myanmar Prime Minister Than Shwe (L) arrives in the northern Thai province of Chiang Rai on March 8 and meets Thai Prime Minister Chuan Leekpai (R) at Doi Tung palace. Chiang Rai is the site of a royal pilot project to substitute cash crops for poppy cultivation. Than Shwe is in Thailand on a two-day visit to seek cooperation with Bangkok in fighting narcotics. ==Kyodo