Four dead in Thailand as flooding from typhoon Yagi hits northern region

The health ministry said they have deployed medical staff, volunteers and rescue workers to migrate elder people to safer places. - The Nation/ANN

BANGKOK: Floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains from Typhoon Yagi have claimed four lives in northern Thailand and inundated thousands of homes, the government said on Wednesday (Sept 11), as it mobilised the army to help affected families.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra said aid is on the way to around 9,000 families hit by the floods in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Chiang Rai.