Two people have gone missing in Uttaradit's Fak Tha district due to flashflood, which is also hitting other northern provinces following days of heavy rains.
The two were last seen entering a corn field in the evening and lost visual and phone contact with relatives. The district office said it was the first time highlying Fak Tha district was ever flooded.
Around 1,000 families had been affected and a 100 per cent of rice paddies in four floodhit tambon have been submerged.
In Phrae, a helicopter transported drinking water and foods to 400 villagers trapped in an area in Long district after flatbed boats could not sufficiently supply them due to strong currents.
A thousand survival kits from His Majesty the King were distributed to those affected in Wang Pong and Chon Daen districts in Phetchabun province.
In Phichit, around 2,000 homes have been under water and 100,000 rai of farmland submerged. A key road linking Tak Fa and Wang Thong areas is impassible due to 50cm flood covering a twokm distance.
In Lop Buri in the Central, royallyprovide 200 survival kits were distributed to floodhit people in Khoke Charoen district along with other assistance and relief supplies
A weather forecast said tropical storm Lionrock travelling from upper South China Sea will travel near Hong Kong and South China today, but will not affect Thailand nor bring heavy rains.
In Ubon Ratchathani in the Northeast, flood relief efforts have been readied in the wake of heavy rains that swell Mun and mekong Rivers to a potentiallyflood risk level in many districts include Kong Jiam, Khemmaraj, Natal, Pho Sai and Sri Muang Mai.