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Flooded Nakhon Phanom declared disaster zone

The Mekong river is running high in Nakhon Phanom province after two weeks of steady rain. About 5,000 rai of rice fields has already been flooded. (Photo: Pattanapong Sripiachai)

NAKHON PHANOM: All 12 districts of this northeastern border province have been declared a disaster zone, with four main streams flowing into the Mekong river already overflowing and nearly 5,000 rai of farmland inundated.

Provincial governor Wanchai Chanporn said that due to continuous rain…

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