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Flood gushes into home in northern Thailand
Video shows the brown torrents spilling into a house in Phayao province on August 21.
Firemen battle to rescue shopper swallowed by pavement sinkhole in Malaysia
The shopper, believed to be a 48-year-old Indian woman, was walking along the Jalan Masjid India area of Kuala Lumpur when the pavement underneath gave way on August 23 morning.
Brave janitor catches python hunting chickens at school
The fearless employee, who stays at a nearby house, inspected the chicken coop after hearing the hens clucking loudly in their enclosure at the Wat Ku Sanamchan School in Samut Songkhram province in the early hours of August 17.
Floods kills four and force thousands from their homes in northern Thailand
Severe flooding caused by seasonal rains has wiped out more than 5,000 acres of farmland and submerged at least 5,579 houses in Chiang Rai province since August 16.
Landslide kills at least five people stuck in building in Phuket, Thailand
The landslide crashed into a residential area housing hotels and apartments in the town of Karon in Phuket in the early hours of August 23.
Beautiful Thai fitness influencer arrested over Forex trading scam
Apinya, 31, who goes by the online handle 'Yuki', was said to have used her good looks to lure her social media followers into investing in a website called 'Sulfver'.
Police nab South Korean 'call centre scammers' in Thailand
Officers raided a luxury condominium believed to be a base of operations for the suspected scammers in the Ekkamai district of Bangkok on August 21.
Boys trapped in lift for nine hours after jamming door with shoe
Faiq Adiwira, 11, and his friend, 10, were leaving the building to buy food at a nearby shop when they started playing around inside the lift cabin in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, on August 19.
Bridge collapses in flood leaving villagers stranded in Thailand
Footage shows locals building a temporary walkway using bamboo poles after the Ban Nam Sod bridge was wiped out by a flash flood in Nan province on August 22.
Sailors rescued when Houthi rebels attack oil tanker off Yemen
The crew of the Greek-flagged MT Sounion vessel were bombarded with gunfire and missiles as they were travelling in the Red Sea off Hodeidah port on August 21.
House collapses as flood erodes its foundation in Thailand
Footage shows the home toppling into an adjacent canal as the ground beneath it gave way in Nan province on August 21.
Drone flies life vest to villager stranded in raging flood in Thailand
Footage shows the flying machine delivering the vest and a safety rope to a farmer named Chai while he was being battered by heavy rain in Phayao province on August 21.
Floods swamp streets in Laos as region is battered by monsoons
The deluge swamped streets in the Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone in the Pheung district of Bokeo province in the land-locked Communist country.
Philippine Coast Guard shows damaged ship 'rammed by Chinese vessels' in South China Sea
Footage shows Filipino crew patching up a hole on the BRP Bagacay, which was allegedly rammed twice by China Coast Guard Vessel 21551 while sailing in the dispute Escoda Shoal on August 19.
Rescue teams battle rising water levels in search for pilots and seven tourists in submerged plane
Police believe the crew and holidaymakers are entombed inside the cabin 16ft under swamp-like mud in the wooded area in Chachoengsao, 150km east of Bangkok. They fear the nearby tidal river will submerge the area by 10pm and are using an excavator to try and reach those inside.
Pilots and seven tourists feared dead as private jet crashes into forest in Thailand
The Cessna 208B Grand-Caravan took off Bangkok carrying the European family to Trat province in the east of the country some 285 km (177 miles) away.
Pilot and seven tourists missing as private jet crashes in forest in Thailand
The Cessna 208B Grand-Caravan took off Bangkok carrying the European family to Trat province in the east of the country.
Landslide blocks road in northern Thailand
Footage shows mud and fallen trees obstructing one lane of the hillside road in Phayao province on August 21.
American tourist attacks Chinese woman 'who bumped into him' in shopping mall in Thailand
The holidaymaker and his Thai wife were walking in front of a Hermes store when Zhang Yise and her family reportedly slammed into them at the Central Phuket Floresta mall in Phuket, Thailand, on August 19.
Python regurgitates whole chicken it caught on farm
Footage shows the 14ft beast spitting out the dead rooster that it pounced on and killed in Sa Kaeo province, Thailand, on August 21.
