CHIANG MAI, Aug 20 – All 25 districts of the Chiang Mai Province in Northern Thailand were declared disaster areas from flooding, to facilitate urgent assistance after continuous rains had caused many major rivers in the province to overflow river banks, according to Chiang Mai Governor Panadda Disakul.

She said more than 1,000 households in San Kamphaeng district were affected from the flood as the water level had reached more than 80 centimeters high.

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