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Village battered by rocks from mountain flash flood in northern Thailand

2020-06-13 337 Dailymotion

A tribal village was hit by a flash flood that left the hundreds of rocks strewn across th ground.<br /><br />The torrent caused by heavy rain surged down the mountain through the remote settlement in Mae Hong Son, Northern Thailand.<br /><br />Footage shows the local authority at the village visiting the tribal hill people and surveying the damage.<br /><br />Police Captain Suppawat Kiddee said the houses had escaped any significant damage but the rocks had damaged and blocked roads around the area - leaving residents cut off from the town.<br /><br />He said: "From the assessment we found that the route into the village was damaged but the houses were all in tact.<br /><br />"We will deploy the troop to help fix their mountain pathway as soon as possible so they can use it again."<br /><br />He added that the village did not receive a warning about the natural disaster. <br /><br />He said: "The village is located in the middle of the hill and there is no electricity so they could not know about the flood warning.<br /><br />"I told them to be aware about the possibilities of flash floods the next time it is raining so they can prepare.''

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