At least two elephants have died and two are missing as rescue efforts continue at a Thai elephant sanctuary overwhelmed by flash flooding. The Elephant Nature Park near Chiang Mai has been inundated, leaving around 100 elephants and hundreds of other animals stranded after weeks of heavy rain.

Flash floods in the north led to the evacuation of 100 elephants to higher ground, though some were swept away and others left stranded on a patch of land reachable only by boat.