Flood Alerts 2024

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22 August 2024

Flood Alerts & Road Damage reports

Just a head's up to riders that it is not a good time to be riding around much at the moment due to the flash floods.
Many areas in the North have been hit with steady rain for the last few days.

The Nan river is flooding - landslides & bridges have been taken out.
R101 Chiang Klang has been hit.

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R1081 Chalerm Prakiet - Bo Klua
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The Yom river is flooding - R1091 Pong & Chiang Muan have been hit.

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The Yom river @ Kaeng Sua Ten in the Mae Yom national park.
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The Ngao river that flows into the Mekong at Wiang Kaen has flooded badly.

The PTT at Wiang Kaen was flooded dramatically this afternoon.
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Pang Hat at the Doi Pha Tang turn off of R1155 / R4029 has been hit.
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Phu Sang waterfall on R1093 has overflowed. Images from fm91trafficpro.
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R1155 Tab Tao / Ngao
Images Kowit Boondham Thai PBS
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Whilst the floods may recede quickly if we are lucky, the damaged bridges & landslides may take longer to fix.

The Thai PBS North TV has been a good FB page to follow.
 
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The Phu Chi Fa - Doi Pha Tang watershed ridgeline that is the border between Thailand & Laos was the start of the flash floods that hit Wiang Kaen & Thoeng via the Mae Ngao & Mae Lao rivers.

Here's a clip from a Hmong guy just below Doi Pha Tang, where you can actually see the start of the Wiang Kaen flash flood.

 
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Update Saturday 24th August
Some more info on R1093 & R1155 that still have issues and are impassable.

As per Google Translate:

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#เชียงราย Chiang Rai Highway 2 reported 6 impassable traffic
At 08.30 a.m. on August 24, 2024, Chiang Rai Province, Chiang Rai Highway 2 sub-district area.
- 6 impassable traffic

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1. Broken bridge. Khun Huai Krai - Pha Tang District, Wiang Kaen District, Toll 1093 Km.81+084

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2. Soil slides cause road traffic to collapse. Khun Huai Krai - Pha Tang District, Wiang Kaen District, Toll 1093 Km.56+040 - 56+230

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3. Soil slides caused the road to collapse during the Huai Krai period. - Pha Tang, Wiang Kaen District, Tl.1093 Km.49+100 - 49+150

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4. The bridge is broken. Sai Kat - Ban Lung, Teng District, Toll 1155 KM016+000 - 016+100

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5. Soil slides cause road traffic to collapse. Sai Kat - Ban Lung, Teng District, Toll 1155 km.027+400 - 027+500

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6. Soil slides cause road traffic to collapse. Sai Kad - Ban Lung. Wiang Kaen District, Toll 38+400

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Facebook Source.
 
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After a short break, the rain continued in round two, but it was in the West, on the Thai-Myanmar border this time.
It has caused horrific flash floods in Mae Sai, Thoed Thai, Fang, Tha Ton, and Chiang Rai.

A favourite GTR guesthouse - the Rim Taan - in Thoed was hit badly two days ago.
Multiple landslides on the Thoed Thai road R4032 brought down power lines, and the town was cut off, and there was no power or internet for 24 hours.
Today, I was fortunate enough to contact John and his family to check on how they were doing.
Not very well, the flood came through & devastated the riverside resort & bungalows.
They lost all their bedding, mattresses & some TVs, but no loss of life.

Some images & VDO received.

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A GTR Rim Taan happy hour in 2019.
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Rim Taan on GTR: Thoed Thai Accommodation

Rim Taan Location: Rimtaan Guesthouse · 6MV6+8JW, Thoet Thai, Mae Fa Luang District, Chiang Rai 57240, Thailand
 
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DavidFL said:
After a short break, the rain continued in round two, but it was in the West, on the Thai-Myanmar border this time.
It has caused horrific flash floods in Mae Sai, Thoed Thai, Fang, Tha Ton, and Chiang Rai.

A favourite GTR guesthouse - the Rim Taan - in Thoed was hit badly two days ago.
Multiple landslides on the Thoed Thai road R4032 brought down power lines, and the town was cut off, and there was no power or internet for 24 hours.
Today, I was fortunate enough to contact John and his family to check on how they were doing.
Not very well, the flood came through & devastated the riverside resort & bungalows.
They lost all their bedding, mattresses & some TVs, but no loss of life.

Some images & VDO received.

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A GTR Rim Taan happy hour in 2019.
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Rim Taan on GTR: Thoed Thai Accommodation

Rim Taan Location: Rimtaan Guesthouse · 6MV6+8JW, Thoet Thai, Mae Fa Luang District, Chiang Rai 57240, Thailand
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Rim Taan Day 4 of the cleanup.

 
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Its certainly has been an interesting time to live in Chiang Rai, so lucky our house has not been affected.........................we got hit with very bad flooding in the lastweek of August, out here in Thoeng (1 x hour from CR city) some saying the worst they have ever seen.......................................2 x weeks later it was Chiang Rai city to get flooded, and alot of nearby villages near the Mae Kok river system.


Alot of devistation and its terrible to be here and see so many people affected, the clean up will be massive ;)
 
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