Hi my house is about 6K down the river from your last bridge stop. Mae Kong. It now flooded again. About 1.2 deep. We are lucky with double storey. Bought a high pressure cleaner. Cleaned the mud for 2 days monday and flooded again friday. Still more lucky than lots of others
We were there just last week with the first flood! The 2nd one looks to be very close to being higher than that one! Sending so much love to those affected! Thanks for this update!
Thanks again for your good work. I am stuck in my condo opposite the train station and my motorcycles were moved out of the incoming flood water by some kind people. In the last hour the water has continued to rise about 3 inches here 😢
Thanks for the video. Your shot of the market place just by the flyover is the area where my wife and son live. I'll be back in Thailand in November, but till then your videos are indispensable for seeing the state of the river. Thanks.
Thanks so much for going to all these flooded areas to show all the difficulties and tribulations that are faced by so many people. Your video was very informative,, but very sad, and unfortunately there doesn't seem like there is a lot of light at the end of the tunnel.
Thanks. I feel for people south of upcountry water run-off. Bkk will likely experience problems starting any day soon. There is a lot of water coming your way. However, water held back by Bhumibol Dam will we one of the deciders.
You should try to include a small extra video on the side with google maps showing where you are driving. That would be amazing. Thanks for again a great video!
Thanks for this video, it's roads I know well because I go for bike rides on them all the time. In the floods last week twice I carried my bike down our soi wearing above the knee rubber boots to slightly higher dry ground, then biked to our car parked at the nearby thesaban (municipal government building), changed into my cycling shoes and biked along the river on some of the same roads as in this video, and further south to Lamphun Province. We're flooded again now, but not as deep as last week so far. Our flooding comes from an overflowing canal that gets it's water from the Ping River.
Thanks for making this video. I last came here 2 years ago and hope to revisit again but has to be after this episode of extreme weather. Hopefully damages are kept to a minimum. Do take care.
Great video of the Ping, just found your channel, love it and appreciate your explanation, I will be tuning in for updates from you from now on. Stay dry and be careful over there.
Thanks for making this video Ally. It's important to document such events, despite the upsetting tragedy of it all. I'm in a state of shock after seeing all the flooding on roads I have travelled frequently. My heart aches for all those countless people you showed with their homes and businesses damaged and under water, or perhaps soon to be. Please be careful driving near the Ping if you head out for another video.
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand Thanks Ally. My sister in law rents a house in Ban Klang, in Lamphun. She's fortunate enough to be in an area with higher ground, and so she's avoided the flooding thus far. I'm hopeful that the flooding will drain away soon and things can begin to dry out. Such a terrible situation.
I would not hangout on river crossings like bridges when the water is so high and running. The stanchions could let go at any moment. Be careful mate. Cheers.
So sorry to hear Chiang Rai is still experiencing difficulties 🥲 Winter is arriving now so hopefully there is some respite around the corner 🙏 Thanks for watching 🙏❤️🇹🇭
Just had a call from my wife who’s at our property in Seraphi. She’s sat on the roof! 4am this morning more water, but no rain, for the moment. She’s waiting rescue. All ok in Maehongson province.
Thanks Ally! Well done. Appreciate that you didn't drive in town C.M. and join the "gawkers making wakes" that seem so prevalent during these floods. Yep; worst it's ever been. Thank God (or whom/what ever one wishes,) that it's sunny today (the 5th) and we may be getting a break. Everyone I know houses are flooded at least a bit. The wealthier Farang are staying at hotels but all my working class and Thai friends are in their damp home, trying to deal with Pt.II. We are very lucky to be up on a ridge, above the flood plain of the Mea Khan (around the area of the three standing Buddha statue that you often film at.) That WHOLE plain is a lake now.
Yeah, McCain, it's an interesting place; one can still see the little houses built for the victims of the disease, it looks like a nice little village.
nice video as I live 2 minutes from the weir and you passed my favourite restaurant in Chiang Mai 'The River Loft' @ 5.38 and the weir is where I go to drink a cold beer if I have things on my mind, couldn't do that yesterday as my house became an island and i had a government lorry deliver me a food parcel with a pack of water. I live in Sop Mae Kha-on-the-water 😂
Thanks for watching 🙏 Hope your situation improves quickly in the coming days, not easy to relax in these troubled times but I do hope you can find somewhere to take it easy.
Our village also just flooded again, never happened before that i can remember in the last 16 years in CM. I wish we were there to help! Thanks Ally for this very informative flood update. 🙏🙏
20 years actually and yes, this year is very different. Climate has changed but so has the landscape. More infill and changes to water courses, as well as silting up and bank reinforcement projects. There are many factors involved 🥲
Is it possible to drive from the outer ring road north on road 4032 down to the next ring road (road 3029)?? We have our house down that road and will be home at the end of October. We're getting a little nervous :)
Since Friday Hwy 3029 and the surrounding streets are totally flooded from the river east past Global House, and maybe all the way to Hwy 11 this morning.
Please help elephant nature park. They need help to rescue the animals. ❤ They had an elephant who got washed away. Please spread the word and keep ypur eyes open for her. She is loved by so many.
I feel for those living on the street just outside of their homes. I feel for those who have lost everything and the farmers with nothing to farm. The problem with sandbags is that they need to be picked up once the water has receded. That in itself is a backbreaking job. The motorbike at the end in front of the truck darted out without looking is just crazy.😲 That's some crazy traffic. Stay safe.
Today it got worse and is set to be here for a while due to the water upstream & the current extent of the flooding. Really bad situation for businesses & residents 🥲
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand Booked to stay at Yang Come Village which I believe is pretty close to the west bank of the river near night bazaar. I'll check with them. We intended to do bamboo rafting, insect museum, old town, night bazaar. Kids in tow aswell!
Yes, it was appalling upstream, we had floods all night, mostly gone now. the Li river, one of the Ping River's tributaries. 1 metre flood in Li, Lamphun.
After the floods last week were cleared we thought it was safe, but the weather had other ideas. As the river is still rising, Saturday 9am, it will be some days before many businesses will be fully cleaned and reopened. But we do not know when this will be. My advice would be to keep monitoring coverage.
Not long arrived and does seems pretty bad. Must be bloody stressful for all those effected. Chang Khlan is at waist height and fast flowing water apparently.
So much flooding, devastation, and loss. Tragic. It's not funny but notable that Northern Thailand currently is "enjoying" the freshest, cleanest air. The bad and the good. Yin-Yang.
If you are referring to the foreigners cemetery in Nong Hoi, adjacent to Gymkana, I saw an image this morning on Fb showing a typical scene of heavy thick mud. Interesting use of the word ‘war’. Is that the location you mean ?
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand I was referring to the smaller cemetery were the sick and infected were taken during the railroad build not the larger site in town .I have two uncles buried there.I don’t know who to ask our how to enquire?
It's the worst flood since 1524 as being attested in the Chiang Mai Chronicle that, in October 1524, the flood reached Tha Phae gate (like now) with multiple casualties.
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand In 1524, the Tha Phae gate was called Chiang Rueak (เชียงเรือก) gate. It was in the reign of King Mueng Kaew (พระเมืองแก้ว). At the time, there were shops and markets all along the street from the royal port of Chiang Reuak (Nawarat bridge today) up to Wat Phra Sing. It was a dense population area. Multiple casualties in Chiang Rueak district (the area around Nawarat bridge nowadays) may imply it was a rapid flood so fast people couldn't escape, like what's happening now.
Without weather apps, internet & social media too. Must have been awful. And who knows how many other storm surged waters hit the area prior to 1296 causing the move to the new city location from the beleaguered Wiang Kum Kam ? Thanks for the info 🙏❤️🇹🇭
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Hi my house is about 6K down the river from your last bridge stop. Mae Kong. It now flooded again. About 1.2 deep. We are lucky with double storey. Bought a high pressure cleaner. Cleaned the mud for 2 days monday and flooded again friday. Still more lucky than lots of others
Oh no, so sad. Hope this time is easier for you 🤞
We were there just last week with the first flood! The 2nd one looks to be very close to being higher than that one! Sending so much love to those affected! Thanks for this update!
Thank you 🙏 Certainly is and set to last longer.
Thanks again for your good work. I am stuck in my condo opposite the train station and my motorcycles were moved out of the incoming flood water by some kind people. In the last hour the water has continued to rise about 3 inches here 😢
And right now it must be worse 🥲 Stay safe 🙏
Thanks for the video. Your shot of the market place just by the flyover is the area where my wife and son live. I'll be back in Thailand in November, but till then your videos are indispensable for seeing the state of the river. Thanks.
Thank you 🙏
Thanks so much for going to all these flooded areas to show all the difficulties and tribulations that are faced by so many people. Your video was very informative,, but very sad, and unfortunately there doesn't seem like there is a lot of light at the end of the tunnel.
Thanks Paul, the extent of the flooding unfolds by the minute, amazing spread across previously unflooded land. This will hurt & take time to clear 🥲
Well done great info.
Thanks from Bangkok.
We are praying everyday the rain stops.
Good luck up there.
Thanks. I feel for people south of upcountry water run-off. Bkk will likely experience problems starting any day soon. There is a lot of water coming your way. However, water held back by Bhumibol Dam will we one of the deciders.
You should try to include a small extra video on the side with google maps showing where you are driving. That would be amazing. Thanks for again a great video!
Thanks for your suggestion 🙏
Correct 👍
Thanks for this video, it's roads I know well because I go for bike rides on them all the time. In the floods last week twice I carried my bike down our soi wearing above the knee rubber boots to slightly higher dry ground, then biked to our car parked at the nearby thesaban (municipal government building), changed into my cycling shoes and biked along the river on some of the same roads as in this video, and further south to Lamphun Province. We're flooded again now, but not as deep as last week so far. Our flooding comes from an overflowing canal that gets it's water from the Ping River.
Oh heck, I can imagine you are now experiencing levels higher and sadly the misery will stay around for a while 🥲
Very good video Ally. I feel for the residents and businesses affected. I passed over the Ping earlier today and it was already overflowing at 3pm.
Seriously bad conditions 🥲 Thanks for watching 🙏
Thank you for this EXCELLENT report. We sincerely appreciate all of this information.
Thank you, welcome 🙏
Thanks for making this video. I last came here 2 years ago and hope to revisit again but has to be after this episode of extreme weather. Hopefully damages are kept to a minimum. Do take care.
The current devastation will take time to recover but Thai people are resilient and I am sure your next visit will be a delightful experience 👍❤️🇹🇭
Great video of the Ping, just found your channel, love it and appreciate your explanation, I will be tuning in for updates from you from now on. Stay dry and be careful over there.
Thanks Dan, welcome 🙏
Thanks for making this video Ally. It's important to document such events, despite the upsetting tragedy of it all.
I'm in a state of shock after seeing all the flooding on roads I have travelled frequently.
My heart aches for all those countless people you showed with their homes and businesses damaged and under water, or perhaps soon to be.
Please be careful driving near the Ping if you head out for another video.
Thank you Jamie, hope your family here are not suffering from the floods. Stay safe 🙏
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand
Thanks Ally.
My sister in law rents a house in Ban Klang, in Lamphun.
She's fortunate enough to be in an area with higher ground, and so she's avoided the flooding thus far.
I'm hopeful that the flooding will drain away soon and things can begin to dry out.
Such a terrible situation.
I would not hangout on river crossings like bridges when the water is so high and running. The stanchions could let go at any moment. Be careful mate. Cheers.
Thanks 🙏
Thanks for the update
You are welcome 🙏
Thank you for Chiangmai flood update
You are very welcome 🙏
Wow! Incredible! Mesmerising! You have certainly had more than your fair share of bad weather lately. Thanks Ally for this update. P
Awful conditions for so many 🥲 Hope you are well Peter 🙏
Thanks for posting! Very informative.
🙏 thank you
We have relatives from Chaing Rai staying with us as their house is a meter flooded indoors. Gives a new meaning to High Season up north.
So sorry to hear Chiang Rai is still experiencing difficulties 🥲 Winter is arriving now so hopefully there is some respite around the corner 🙏 Thanks for watching 🙏❤️🇹🇭
Thanks, you are very knowledgeable about Chiang Mai. Where is the village that sells the wood?
Thanks 🙏 maps.app.goo.gl/SQBHKBHQzDaBhnJL8?g_st=com.google.maps.preview.copy
Heyy thanks for sharing! I've planned a trip to thailand from 30th Oct till 30th Nov. Do you think the water will subside until then?
Thanks. Should flow away within a week 🤞
Just had a call from my wife who’s at our property in Seraphi. She’s sat on the roof! 4am this morning more water, but no rain, for the moment. She’s waiting rescue. All ok in Maehongson province.
Oh heck! But I believe MHS is now troubled 🤔
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand We had floods about two weeks ago. Just got back from CM. 1095 is a mess with landslides.
Yes 🥲
Thanks for sharing mate.
You are welcome 🙏
Thanks Ally! Well done. Appreciate that you didn't drive in town C.M. and join the "gawkers making wakes" that seem so prevalent during these floods. Yep; worst it's ever been. Thank God (or whom/what ever one wishes,) that it's sunny today (the 5th) and we may be getting a break. Everyone I know houses are flooded at least a bit. The wealthier Farang are staying at hotels but all my working class and Thai friends are in their damp home, trying to deal with Pt.II. We are very lucky to be up on a ridge, above the flood plain of the Mea Khan (around the area of the three standing Buddha statue that you often film at.) That WHOLE plain is a lake now.
Thanks for your update 🙏 Stay safe 🤞 The extent of the flooding will mean an extended duration of suffering, some are suggesting about a week.
Did you say Leper colony? In Chiang Mai, strange.
Was a hundred years ago, now a german hospital
Yeah, McCain, it's an interesting place; one can still see the little houses built for the victims of the disease, it looks like a nice little village.
Yes and the island is a US church property that today offers long term care for elderly.
nice video as I live 2 minutes from the weir and you passed my favourite restaurant in Chiang Mai 'The River Loft' @ 5.38 and the weir is where I go to drink a cold beer if I have things on my mind, couldn't do that yesterday as my house became an island and i had a government lorry deliver me a food parcel with a pack of water. I live in Sop Mae Kha-on-the-water 😂
Thanks for watching 🙏 Hope your situation improves quickly in the coming days, not easy to relax in these troubled times but I do hope you can find somewhere to take it easy.
Our village also just flooded again, never happened before that i can remember in the last 16 years in CM. I wish we were there to help! Thanks Ally for this very informative flood update.
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Thanks guys 🙏 Sorry to learn about your village suffering again 🥲
You were here for 16 yrs.l'm a thai cm local living here for 53 yrs. Believe me l have never see this severe level of flood at all.
20 years actually and yes, this year is very different. Climate has changed but so has the landscape. More infill and changes to water courses, as well as silting up and bank reinforcement projects. There are many factors involved 🥲
thank you for your great work!
Thank you 🙏
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand I seen the flood is getting worse, hope everything is fine there!
The water is making its way south now, flooding low lying areas as it progresses 🤦♂️🥲
Is it possible to drive from the outer ring road north on road 4032 down to the next ring road (road 3029)?? We have our house down that road and will be home at the end of October. We're getting a little nervous :)
The end of October?
I think you'll be good
Since Friday Hwy 3029 and the surrounding streets are totally flooded from the river east past Global House, and maybe all the way to Hwy 11 this morning.
@@brianbucklew-g4c We are now in our summer house in Sweden Our house in PaaDeeth is quite high up so we hope it will be fine Thank you for your reply
As others have said, the middle ring road has flooded in several places and closed. The flood water in places will likely take a week to clear.
Please help elephant nature park. They need help to rescue the animals. ❤ They had an elephant who got washed away. Please spread the word and keep ypur eyes open for her. She is loved by so many.
Thank for sharing this awful news
I feel for those living on the street just outside of their homes. I feel for those who have lost everything and the farmers with nothing to farm. The problem with sandbags is that they need to be picked up once the water has receded. That in itself is a backbreaking job. The motorbike at the end in front of the truck darted out without looking is just crazy.😲 That's some crazy traffic. Stay safe.
Today it got worse and is set to be here for a while due to the water upstream & the current extent of the flooding. Really bad situation for businesses & residents 🥲
What would help are lists of shelters and hotels that still have power and water.
Feel free to check out facebook.com/share/g/38vacQuagHsXGAPn/?mibextid=K35XfP
Going on holiday here at the end of October. Should i avoid?
Depends what you want to do. If its to walk around the old city, then fine. And of course, depends where you will stay. Best check with your hotel.
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand
Booked to stay at Yang Come Village which I believe is pretty close to the west bank of the river near night bazaar.
I'll check with them.
We intended to do bamboo rafting, insect museum, old town, night bazaar.
Kids in tow aswell!
@@beat5341good luck ✅
Yes, it was appalling upstream, we had floods all night, mostly gone now. the Li river, one of the Ping River's tributaries. 1 metre flood in Li, Lamphun.
To be clear, Li is actually south from Chiang Mai. Yes many areas around the north are affected and very concerning 🥲
excellent work. Thanks.
Thanks 🙏
Hi, I'm planning to visit in November. Can anyone advise if the flood will end base on experience?
Typically by the next 2 weeks we will be seeing less rain. The current flood should flow away within a week.
Please be careful. Thank you for the video. Hope the flood will subside. Take care.
Thank you 🙏
Was in Chiang Rai a year ago. Glad I’m not there now. Thoughts to the friendly Thais suffering these floods … 🙏🏽
Its hard for many and impossible for a lot more. This will devastate businesses as it will not clear for a while yet 🥲
I'm supposed to be coming to Chiang Mai with my elderly mother and her friend on the 15th. We're concerned.
After the floods last week were cleared we thought it was safe, but the weather had other ideas. As the river is still rising, Saturday 9am, it will be some days before many businesses will be fully cleaned and reopened. But we do not know when this will be. My advice would be to keep monitoring coverage.
Best check with your hotel 🙏
That new flood wall on the left was finished at the right time
But not necessarily effective or the right approach 🥲
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Always good to see new faces sharing news ✅🙏
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand Always good to be acknowledged thank you!
Not long arrived and does seems pretty bad. Must be bloody stressful for all those effected. Chang Khlan is at waist height and fast flowing water apparently.
Awful. I have a relative with a business in that road, they are devastated and bucketing out water for the last 2 weeks now 🥲
Wonder how the small hospital cemetery is hopefully all is well
Which one specifically do you mean?
Can people still fly into C M ?
yes, I see planes landing this morning
Yes there are no effects on flights
It was similar in 1999 or 2000......lasted a few days....a dredger on the Ping got grounded close to town.
Thanks for that. Seems this time at 5.3, the devastation is worse and will last longer 🥲
So much flooding, devastation, and loss. Tragic. It's not funny but notable that Northern Thailand currently is "enjoying" the freshest, cleanest air. The bad and the good. Yin-Yang.
An interesting perspective. Thailand climate issues are problematic as are many areas of the planet. Stay safe 👍
I was wondering how the small war graves cemetery was coping with the floods not the main one in town were the rail way hospital was sighted
If you are referring to the foreigners cemetery in Nong Hoi, adjacent to Gymkana, I saw an image this morning on Fb showing a typical scene of heavy thick mud. Interesting use of the word ‘war’. Is that the location you mean ?
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand I was referring to the smaller cemetery were the sick and infected were taken during the railroad build not the larger site in town .I have two uncles buried there.I don’t know who to ask our how to enquire?
Can you name the railroad location please 🙏
It's the worst flood since 1524 as being attested in the Chiang Mai Chronicle that, in October 1524, the flood reached Tha Phae gate (like now) with multiple casualties.
Thank you so much for this useful snippet 🙏 I will read further in my CMC copy ❤️
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand In 1524, the Tha Phae gate was called Chiang Rueak (เชียงเรือก) gate. It was in the reign of King Mueng Kaew (พระเมืองแก้ว). At the time, there were shops and markets all along the street from the royal port of Chiang Reuak (Nawarat bridge today) up to Wat Phra Sing. It was a dense population area. Multiple casualties in Chiang Rueak district (the area around Nawarat bridge nowadays) may imply it was a rapid flood so fast people couldn't escape, like what's happening now.
Without weather apps, internet & social media too. Must have been awful. And who knows how many other storm surged waters hit the area prior to 1296 causing the move to the new city location from the beleaguered Wiang Kum Kam ? Thanks for the info 🙏❤️🇹🇭
The power at Tha Phae Road went off at the last midnight into 5 October, with the water from Night Bazaar crawling up to try to join the moat.
Huge problem for so many people, this will sadly hurt many businesses🥲
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Thank you 🙏
16:34 Rod Stewart?
Of course 🤦♂️ Happens every time I use the phase late September, crazy remnant of the 70’s 🥳
Going to Chiang Mai from Kuala Lumpur on 5 November. Will flood go away in November?
Get a boat mate. Jet ski, canoe, kayak, raft.
Absolutely heartbreaking for those who've been flooded out twice in a matter of days.
Indeed Lars. Stay safe 🙏
Hope water recedes soon and things go back to normal.
Seems it will not be draining for another week 🥲
I was referring to the small cemetery on the opposite side of town I don’t know who to ask for help 😢
I need more information to be able to assist you 🙏
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand it’s the war cemetery in Kanchanburi beside the river left full of people from building the railroad to Burma
ah well, thats 9 hrs from Chiang Mai, 800+ km and definitely not associated with anything in this video. I hope you find what you are looking for.
Its called Weather Mod if ication...
I don’t doubt you 👍
Becareful of sinkholes
Indeed 👍
Why you talking such s*** so what it floods by the time I put this message on it it will be down 2 m
Still rose overnight and will remain at record levels for a week.
ah .. eh ... ah..limey
Can you offer me any guidance or point me to videos you have made ?
Wow, and it seemed the rain had stopped!
Indeed Greg, disaster 🤦♂️ Hopefully you are safe & dry 🙏
@@GoodLifeinChiangMaiThailand We are all good here.