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Mae Sai red-flagged on possible flash floods

Residents living near the Sai River in Mai Sai district have been advised to closely monitor the water level and wait for signals from authorities to move the elderly and patients to higher ground as rains could possibly trigger flash floods.

Bangkok Post · Jul 31

Six killed in Chiang Mai landslides

Heavy rain has caused rivers to overflow, flooding and landslides in the upper North, with six people confirmed killed and four injured.

Bangkok Post · Sep 12, 2024

6.4-magnitude quake felt in Thailand

An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale hit Myanmar at 8.37am on Friday. The quake was about 100 kilometres northwest of Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district.

Bangkok Post · Nov 17, 2023

Mae Sai-Tachilek bridge reopens

CHIANG RAI: The first Thailand-Myanmar friendship bridge, linking Mae Sai district and Tachilek, was reopened on Monday morning nearly three years after it was closed because of the Covid-19 epidemic, much to the delight of people on both sides of the border.

Bangkok Post · Feb 20, 2023

River overflow floods Mae Sai in Chiang Rai

Forest runoff flooded commercial areas and communities in Mae Sai district of Chiang Rai overnight due to heavy rain along the Thailand-Myanmar border in a second bout of flooding in the border district since August.

Bangkok Post · Oct 8, 2022

5.1 magnitude earthquake in Myanmar, felt in northern Thailand

An earthquake of 5.1 magnitude occurred inside Myanmar, with a depth of 2 kilometres, about 82km northeast of Mae Sai district, Chiang Rai, at 11.03pm on Monday and was felt in northern Thailand, the Thai Meteorological Department's Earthquake Observation Division reported.

Bangkok Post · Aug 2, 2022

North shaken by earthquakes in Myanmar

People in upper northern provinces felt tremors from about 70 earthquakes centred in Myanmar overnight, which included three shocks over magnitude 5.

Bangkok Post · Jul 22, 2022

More illegal job seekers arrested in Chiang Rai

Twenty-three more job seekers from Myanmar were arrested after they crossed the border into Mae Fa Luang and Mae Sai districts of Chiang Rai late Thursday night and early Friday.

Bangkok Post · Jun 10, 2022

Smuggler's pickup overturns, illegal migrants caught

A pickup truck overturned fleeing a checkpoint search, as 38 illegal migrants from Myanmar and two of three drivers hired to smuggle them were arrested in Mae Sai and Mae Fa Luang districts of Chiang Rai early on Thursday.

Bangkok Post · Apr 21, 2022

6.6m meth pills seized after car chase

CHIANG RAI: A drug courier was arrested and 6.6 million methamphetamine pills seized after a car chase in Mae Sai district of this northern border province in the small hours on Wednesday, 3rd Army Corps commander Lt Gen Boonyuen Inkwang said.

Bangkok Post · Jan 19, 2022