massive flood caused by illegal teak cutting; poached logs threaten to overflow flood dam in Phrae Thailand

... provincial governor denies their existence while foresty workers brought in from Bangkok struggle to remove the logs, hoping to prevent another man-made disaster

The Nation:

Race against time to remove logs

Forestry workers yesterday began retrieving wood and timber debris from Mae Man reservoir in Phrae, to ward off the threat of a water overflow which could flatten downstream villages. Logs, suspected of being felled by poachers, were carried by strong water currents from the Paya valley to the reservoir, where they became trapped. The reservoir holds around 18 million cubic metres of water.