The residents of the houses in Tambon Pa Or Don Chai had to move their belongings to higher grounds, away from the 30cm-deep intruding water.

Officials are monitoring the situation and bracing for potential flooding of more riverside homes.

Following days of heavy downpours brought by tropical storm Talas, floodwater covered some 200 rai (32 hectares) of rice fields in Na Khun and Khao Wong districts of the northeastern province of Kalasin on Thursday. Farmers were worried as their rice paddies, which had been heavily flooded for days, started to rot. They noted that neither local administrators nor related agencies had yet visited to assess the damages or provide aid.

Phrompong Pimpao, a farmer in Na Khu’s Tambon Noen Najan, urged authorities to help him and fellow rice farmers who were affected by “the flood that caused the area to resemble a freshwater lake”.