A British diplomat in China has earned a hero status after a river rescue.
Hundreds have been evacuated as French villages got hit by flooding.
IRSA has released 343,000 cusecs of water.
A medium to high flood is expected in Fiver Chenab at Marala.
Loei, Thailand, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): The once-mighty Mekong river has been reduced to a thin, grubby neck of water in stretches of northern Thailand -- record lows blamed on drought
