Thai locals enjoy fishing in a swollen river after heavy rain from storm Sinlaku brought relief from recent droughts.<br /><br />The villagers used their own traditional bamboo poles and baskets to catch fish on the flooded river bank after a week-long rain in Phayao, northern Thailand on August 4.<br /><br />Tropical storm Sinlaku battered large parts of the country with rain causing flash floods before moving eastwards into Myanmar.<br /><br />One of the anglers said he was happy that the rain has finally arrived. He said: "I like it when fishing in the river after a heavy rain because there are several freshwater fish."<br /><br />The villagers used manual fishing nets attached to wooden sticks which are used to trap a school of fish swimming along the tide.<br /><br />They are able to sell their extra fish on the village bringing home at least 1000 Baht (26 GBP) per day.<br /><br />Following the storm, the Thai Meteorological Department put heavy rain and flash-flood warnings in force until with rain expected throughout the week. Two people were killed in Thailand when their homes were inundated with flood water.<br /><br />Sinlaku also hit Laos and Vietnam, where it killed another two people on Sunday in the provinces of Hoa Binh and Quang Ninh. <br /><br />The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority feared the heavy rains could cause landslides and flash flooding in the country's northern mountainous provinces where up to 400mm of rainfall is predicted.
