Chiang Mai – The Chindwin River has touched its fourth highest point in 40 years and is flowing above the danger level in Mawlaik, Monywa and Kalewa towns, but the water level in other cities has dropped below the danger mark.

The water level in Monywa is still hovering two feet above the danger level and the level is still rising in Kalewa and Mawlaik.

The Commander of the Northwest Command arrived in Monywa and is monitoring the situation closely.

Local residents in Monywa are apprehensive about the embankment giving away due to the rising water level.

In its forecast the Meteorology and Hydrology Department said that the water level will fall below the danger level in Monywa by July 13 and in Mawlaik and Kalewa by July 12.

The announcement by the Department says that the water levels in Mawleik, Kalewa and Monywa have touched the fourth highest point in 40 years, and is still above the danger level.

The Chindwin River is still rising at the rate of two centimetres an hour in Mawleik, Kalewa and Monywa. The water level in Kalewa reached 1836 centimetres and 1990 centimetres in Monywa, the Hydrology Department said.

The water levels in Khamti and Homlin are falling gradually. Here the people had to be evacuated to higher places.