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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.

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

Police have pressed four charges against the driver of the bus that burst into flames, killing a least 20 students and three teachers in Pathum Thani on Tuesday.

A woman is calling for an investigation into a well-known cosmetic doctor after she and members of her family were allegedly disfigured by facial filler injections received at a clinic in the Siam area.

Palang Pracharath Party leader Gen Prawit Wongsuwon will not receive his MP salary and allowances because of his frequent absences from parliament, according to the party’s secretary-general.

Twenty students and three teachers on a field trip were killed by a fire that tore through their bus in Pathum Thani on Tuesday.