This is the amusing moment resourceful neighbours used pulleys to deliver meals across a flooded street caused by Tropical Storm Mulan in Thailand.

Video shows residents sending a bucket full of food to their neighbours, who were stuck at home due to the deluge in Chiang Rai's Mae Sai district on August 13.

Local Suwanna Namsai had tied the rope from her second-floor balcony to the house gate on the other side of the street, allowing her to share her food with the neighbours in need.

She said: 'We didn't have any other way to send them food so we came up with a safe method to do so.'

The torrential weather - which battered China before being downgraded to a tropical depression over Vietnam - caused severe flooding across six Thai provinces.

Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation officials said the tropical depression, augmented by a monsoon lying across Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Laos, caused strong downpours from August 11 to 14.

Thousands of homes across the region were submerged as rescue teams battled to evacuate residents to higher ground, or strengthen flood defences with sandbags. Relief teams were also delivering food and fresh water to residents stranded by the water.

Sandbags were also being used to block the water from spilling into homes and shops while pumps had been brought ini to try and shift the water.

The country's Meteorological Department said Mulan had weakened to a low-pressure cell as it entered Yunnan province in China but the storm has caused widespread heavy rainfall in some of Thailand's northern and northeastern provinces.

Landslides and blocked roads have also been reported across the region as officials try to reach those affected and move them to safe centres.

Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar 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.

Thailand and other countries in Southeast Asia such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar 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.