TAK - The bodies of a young migrant woman and her 3-year-old son reported missing during flooding at two border villages overnight were found after the water receded in Umphang district on Friday.
Flash flooding triggered by heavy downpours ravaged tambon Nong Luang along the Thai-Myanmar border in Umphang district late on Thursday night, inundating Ban Serta and Ban Nong Bua villages. Two people, a woman and child, were reported missing.
Porchor, 18, and her 3-year-old son were found dead at Ban Serta on Friday as the water drained off.
Umphang district chief Prateep Portiam on Friday led officials, soldiers and village heads to survey the damage at the two villages.
In Nong Bua, 42 houses were flooded, affecting 200-300 people. At Ban Serta two houses were swept away by the strong current and several rice barns were flooded.
The district chief said he had already reported the damage to the governor and the provincial disaster preention and mitigation office so assistance could be provided to the affected families.
Officials survey damage to two border villages along the Thai-Myanmar border in Umphang district after floodwaters receded on Friday. (Photo by Assawin Pinitwong)