Flash floods swamped roads and a hospital as Tropical Storm Wipha battered northern Thailand. Torrential downpour triggered a widespread deluge that swamped homes, government buildings, and highways in Chiang Rai on Wednesday.

Flooding hits northern Thailand as Tropical Storm Wipha brings heavy rain::Nan province, Thailand::The storm, which made landfall in Vietnam’s northern provinces of Ninh Binh and Thanh Hoa early Tuesday (July 22) afternoon,

Thailand’s Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) said Wednesday that provincial units had been placed on the highest alert, with a central war room set up to monitor