Aerial footage shows flooded fields of crops after a river burst its banks causing flooding in northern Thailand.

The Mun River in Nakhon Ratchasima province overflowed following weeks of heavy rain which caused its banks to swell.

Fields growing rice were submerged with the floods and the annual crop was destroyed after the deluge on September 24. A number of homes in nearby villages were also affected and residents were moved to temporary shelters.

Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines are in the middle of their tropical monsoon rainy season, which lasts until October or November. Soaring temperatures reaching 35 degrees Celsius are often followed by powerful tropical storms with thunder, lightning, rain and flash floods which cause rivers to flow faster and become dangerous.