Thai locals enjoy fishing in a swollen river after heavy rain from storm Sinlaku brought relief from recent droughts.

The villagers used their own traditional bamboo poles and baskets to catch fish on the flooded river bank after a week-long rain in Phayao, northern Thailand on August 4.

Tropical storm Sinlaku battered large parts of the country with rain causing flash floods before moving eastwards into Myanmar.

One of the anglers said he was happy that the rain has finally arrived. He said: "I like it when fishing in the river after a heavy rain because there are several freshwater fish."

The villagers used manual fishing nets attached to wooden sticks which are used to trap a school of fish swimming along the tide.

They are able to sell their extra fish on the village bringing home at least 1000 Baht (26 GBP) per day.

Following the storm, the Thai Meteorological Department put heavy rain and flash-flood warnings in force until with rain expected throughout the week. Two people were killed in Thailand when their homes were inundated with flood water.

Sinlaku also hit Laos and Vietnam, where it killed another two people on Sunday in the provinces of Hoa Binh and Quang Ninh.

The Vietnam Disaster Management Authority feared the heavy rains could cause landslides and flash flooding in the country's northern mountainous provinces where up to 400mm of rainfall is predicted.