Thai driver captures the moment landslide smashes into road
- 5 years ago
This is the terrifying moment a woman screams and ducks for cover when a landslide falls in front of her car.
Yiimwan Sirinya, 31, was driving home when she noticed rumbling trees and hazard signs on the mountain road in Lampang, northern Thailand, yesterday (September 2) around 3 pm.
The shocked driver stopped and watched as the hillside collapsed following days of heavy rain from Storm Podul weakening the foundations.
Mobile phone footage shows how tonnes of earth, trees and rocks came crashing down onto the road.
Yiimwan said: ''I never expected anything as dramatic as this one the way home. We were the first car in the row that stopped.
''I was so scared and we had a young child in the back. I thought the rocks were going to fall on the car so I ducked down and closed my eyes.''
The landslide came after constant downpours from Tropical Storm Podul battered Lampang and several provinces in northern Thailand causing mass floods.
Officials had to close the road lanes and temporarily stop the traffic as the rocks and earth were constantly falling and creating the huge surface cracks on the mountain.
A police spokesperson said: ''The authorities provided heavy equipment to clean up the debris but we couldn't access the area as the bunch of rocks were still sliding down.
''It would approximately take about 24 hours to clean the mess. Meanwhile, the drivers had to avoid using the road until the landslide was totally stopped.''
Yiimwan Sirinya, 31, was driving home when she noticed rumbling trees and hazard signs on the mountain road in Lampang, northern Thailand, yesterday (September 2) around 3 pm.
The shocked driver stopped and watched as the hillside collapsed following days of heavy rain from Storm Podul weakening the foundations.
Mobile phone footage shows how tonnes of earth, trees and rocks came crashing down onto the road.
Yiimwan said: ''I never expected anything as dramatic as this one the way home. We were the first car in the row that stopped.
''I was so scared and we had a young child in the back. I thought the rocks were going to fall on the car so I ducked down and closed my eyes.''
The landslide came after constant downpours from Tropical Storm Podul battered Lampang and several provinces in northern Thailand causing mass floods.
Officials had to close the road lanes and temporarily stop the traffic as the rocks and earth were constantly falling and creating the huge surface cracks on the mountain.
A police spokesperson said: ''The authorities provided heavy equipment to clean up the debris but we couldn't access the area as the bunch of rocks were still sliding down.
''It would approximately take about 24 hours to clean the mess. Meanwhile, the drivers had to avoid using the road until the landslide was totally stopped.''