At Least 50 Dead in Flash Flooding
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Flash floods triggered by days of heavy rain killed at least 50 people in mountainous northern Thailand and left thousands trapped on rooftops and in trees, officials said.
Other victims were believed trapped under tons of mud from a landslide that engulfed dozens of houses in Uttaradit province.
Tens of thousands of households were without power.
About 40 bodies were recovered in Uttaradit and 40 people were missing, officials said. Ten more were known dead in two other provinces.
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