Floods inundate Thailand's tourist city of Chiang Mai, strand elephants

This photo provided by the Elephant Nature Park shows three of the roughly 100 elephants stuck in rising floodwaters at the park in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, Oct. 3, 2024. (Darrick Thompson/Elephant Nature Park via AP) Tourists leave a flood-hit area in Chiang Mai Province, Thailand, Oct. 5, 2024.

Chiang Mai, Thailand's northern city popular with tourists, was inundated by widespread flooding Saturday as its main river overflowed its banks following heavy seasonal rainfall.