Floods in northern Thailand; water bike world champion helps rescue operations
断続的な大雨に見舞われているタイでは、北部を中心に洪水が発生しています
In Thailand, which has been hit by intermittent heavy rains, flooding is occurring mainly in the northern part of the country.
A world water bike champion also rushed to rescue a man who had been stranded for more than 20 hours.
A man wearing a black T-shirt is left stranded as muddy water reaches the roof of the first floor of a building due to flooding caused by heavy rain.
According to local media, a man in his 80s asked for help on the 10th in Chiang Rai province in northern Thailand, but the water was flowing so fast that authorities’ boats couldn’t get close to him.
More than 20 hours had passed, and as the situation continued to stalemate, a personal watercraft rushed to the scene.
The rescue was successful, with the man on board and against the muddy current.
The pilot was Teeraprathep, a world champion personal watercraft, who visited the disaster area as a volunteer with his personal watercraft friends.
After that, they continued to rescue residents who were stranded on the roof.
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