Many communities along the Mae Sai border have been facing flooding and drowning in mud for 10 days. We have to start counting again with the lives that have to be negative from this flood.

Even though 10 days have passed, many Mae Sai border communities are still amidst the wreckage of flood damage and massive mud that has piled up on houses, including in Tham Pha Cham Village, Wiang Phang Kham Sub-district, which is located on the banks of the Sai River, causing heavy damage. Many houses were flooded with mud almost to the ceiling.

Meanwhile, the condition of the resort Along the river near the Pha Cham cave house. It is no different from a resort in a sea of mud. 15 houses were swept away by the current, 5 were drowned in mud, and the remaining 5 houses were almost completely damaged. Grandma Sangboon, 70 years old, the owner of this resort, said that she has been operating the resort for 40 years. It was destroyed in the blink of an eye, until life went back to negative and I still don’t know how to st
art counting again.

The authorities also rushed to restore the village of Tham Pha Cham and scooped up mud from the houses. It was used to reinforce a 6-meter-high embankment to block the river to receive the new storm, as well as the people of Mae Sai in many other communities in the same condition, including vendors at Sai Lom Joy Market. Nearly 200 famous border markets of Mae Sai shops were severely damaged. The machines have just started scooping mud from the area.

Because most stores sell clothes. Blankets and electrical appliances, just the flood has damaged some of them, some of them have been washed away by the water, and the rest have to be under mud. Workers must be hired to help dig 5-6 hundred baht each. Like many other Mae Sai people. Facing floods and mudslides, it is like a big storm of life from this natural disaster.

Source: Thai News Agency