RECAP – Major Flooding Hits Chiang Mai, Thailand

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, and evacuation efforts were underway for more than 100 elephants and other animals at the Elephant Nature Park.

Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 3

Water levels in the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25 and affecting infrastructure. Small vehicles were stranded on flooded roads, and local shops and stalls were forced to close.

Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season 2

As the rainy season approached, the water level of the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25. It also left damage to infrastructure, with reports of small vehicles unable to pass a section of the road. Local shops and vendors were closed as well.

Thailand: Overflowing Of Ping River Causes Flooding In Chiang Mai Amid Rainy Season

As the rainy season approached, the water level of the Ping River rose, causing severe flooding across Chiang Mai on September 25. It also left damage to infrastructure, with reports of small vehicles unable to pass a section of the road. Local shops and vendors were closed as well.

AUSTRALIA-PERTH-SCENERY

AUSTRALIA-PERTH-SCENERY

(240429) -- PERTH, April 29, 2024 (Xinhua) -- A visitor feeds seagulls by the Swan River in Perth, Australia, April 29, 2024. (Xinhua/Ma Ping)

China's "Jiangnan" treasures on display at U.S. museum exhibition

STORY: China's "Jiangnan" treasures on display at U.S. museum exhibition DATELINE: Sept. 9, 2023 LENGTH: 0:01:43 LOCATION: CLEVELAND, the United States CATEGORY: CULTURE SHOTLIST: 1. various of Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping attending the event STORYLINE: Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. "This is the product of nearly a decade of research. It is the outcome of collaboration among the museums on three continents," said William Griswold, director and president of the CMA, at an opening ceremony held on Thursday for "China's Southern Paradise: Treasures from the Lower Yangzi Delta." The exhibition, which runs from Sept. 10, 2023 to Jan. 7, 2024, represents a "once in a lifetime opportunity" for Americans to see some of the "absolutely extraordinary" artworks from China, said Griswold.

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Clarissa von Spee (2nd R, Front), the exhibition's curator and chair of Asian art at the Cleveland Museum of Art, introduces an exhibit to Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (2nd L, Front) and other visitors during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 7, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

U.S.-OHIO-CLEVELAND-CHINA-"JIANGNAN" TREASURES-EXHIBITION

(230908) -- CLEVELAND (U.S.), Sept. 8, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Consul General in New York Huang Ping (C) views an exhibit during an exhibition on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio, the United States, on Sept. 7, 2023. Grains of carbonized rice from about 10,000 years ago, together with over 200 other rare items, were exhibited in a show on treasures from China's Yangtze River Delta region at the Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) in the U.S. state of Ohio. (Xinhua/Shi Chun)