BANGKOK: At the very least 5 folks have been killed and 7 stay lacking after heavy rains and landslides introduced on by tropical storm Kajiki swept throughout northern Thailand, the Thai catastrophe company mentioned on Thursday (Aug 28).
Kajiki made landfall as a hurricane in Vietnam earlier this week, killing seven folks, inundating greater than 10,000 houses and places of work in addition to 86 hectares of rice and money crops, the Vietnam authorities mentioned on Wednesday.
In Thailand, flooding and landslides hit 12 provinces within the north and northeast, together with Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai and Mae Hong Son, affecting greater than 6,300 folks and 1,800 households, the catastrophe company mentioned.
4 folks in Chiang Mai died in a landslide, and one other individual drowned in Mae Hong Son, the Inside Ministry mentioned. Fifteen others had been injured in Chiang Mai, with one other 5 buried in landslides and two swept away by floodwaters.
On Thursday, flooding continued in eight provinces, the place practically 6,000 folks in 1,600 households are nonetheless affected, based on the ministry.
The destruction marked the second time this 12 months when northern Thailand was battered by hurricane remnants, after Wutip in June swept in from southern China.
