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Chiang Mai Municipality started a major cleanup on Monday as the huge flood that hit the northern city began draining off.

A taxi caught on fire on Rama IX Road in Bangkok on Saturday morning, injuring five people including the driver. The incident happened near the Premier intersection on Srinakarin Road.

Severe flooding hit Chiang Mai as the water in the Ping River rose to a record 5.3 metres on Saturday, while two more elephants swept away from a popular animal sanctuary were found dead in Mae Taeng district.

The Royal Irrigation Department is warning people along waterways in the lower Chao Phraya River basin, including those in Greater Bangkok, of possible flooding due to deluges from the North, heavy rains and high seas later this month.

A manhunt is underway for Santi Jae-arlee, a former boxer who evaded arrest after breaking into a house on Soi Inthamara 29 in Bangkok

An armed man fleeing an arrest warrant took children hostage in a house in Bangkok’s Phaya Thai district on Thursday night.

More floods are expected in Chiang Mai on Friday, with water levels along the Ping River expected to reach 4.95 metres starting in the morning.

The owner of the bus that caught fire and killed 23 students and teachers in Pathum Thani tried to hide some gas cylinders on other buses in the same fleet, according to the Department of Land Transport.

Police have arrested a woman for stealing a brand-new SUV at a Bangkok mall, where the owner left her unlocked vehicle idling with the air conditioning on for her pet cat while she went to buy coffee.

Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra has reassured the public that Bangkok will not be hit by floods, as the current volume of rainwater is lower than it was in 2011, when a major flood occurred.

Education Minister Permpoon Chidchob has asked all schools to suspend student field trips in the wake of Tuesday