Hotel washed away by severe floods in northern Thailand

This is the dramatic moment a guest house at a holiday resort in Thailand was swept away as floods as the tail end of Typhoon Yagi swamped the region. Footage shows the wooden structure plunging into the muddy torrents in Chiang Mai on September 10. Tourists staying at the resort had already fled amid widespread evacuations in the region. Officials said the flooding has been the worst this year. Landslides caused by the heavy rain have killed at least two children and a young woman while several more have been injured across the province. The Department of National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation said three bodies, including a boy and a girl, were found buried under waterlogged debris. More are feared dead from the catastrophic flooding. The first landslide hit the Ban Doi Laem community and killed a woman Kayarat Pafu, 23. The second hit the Ban Lai Ai community, injuring two men who were sent to the Mae Ai Hospital. Kritsayam Kongsatri, director of the Protected Areas Regional Office 16, said the search for missing locals was temporarily stopped amid landslide fears. Communication was also hindered by poor mobile signal and electrical outages. He said: 'Officers will resume the search for the missing persons once the situation improves. They will coordinate with all relevant agencies to expedite assistance to the affected families as much as possible.' Chiang Mai has been battered by continuous heavy rain since September 8 due to the effects of Typhoon Yagi. Yagi, said to be Asia's most powerful storm this year, was downgraded to a tropical storm on Sunday morning, September 8. It killed at least 15 people in the Philippines before slamming into southern China and Vietnam, where it left at least 49 dead and 22 missing. Thailand and neighbouring countries in Southeast Asia are in their annual monsoon rainy season which sees soaring temperatures followed by powerful rain storms in the afternoon leading to widespread flash floods.