Heavy rain in 43 provinces

Runoff from the Petchabun mountain range pours over a bridge across Khlong Chompoo in Noen Maprang district of Phitsanulok after heavy rain in the northern province on Tuesday. About 20 nearby families were evacuated to Wat Ban Chompoo. (Photo: Chinnawat Singha).

More heavy rain was forecast to continue in 43 provinces, covering all regions, on Tuesday, with flood warnings.

The Meteorological Department said the active monsoon trough lies across the North and upper Northeast of Thailand and into a tropical depression over the upper South China Sea.