Warning of heavy rain and flooding along Chao Phraya River

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Warning of heavy rain and flooding along Chao Phraya River

By The Nation

 

 

The Royal Irrigation Department is urgently diverting run-off water out to the sea in preparation for imminent big downpours in the coming week.

 

The water-management plan being implemented now means some low-lying areas downstream of the Chao Phraya Dam will face rising floodwaters. 

 

“From Chai Nai down to Ayutthaya province, areas without embankment along the Chao Phraya River will see the floodwater level rise by 30 to 80 centimetres,” the department’s deputy director general Thongpleaw Kongjun said on Sunday.

 

As of Sunday, the Chao Phraya River has overflowed in Nakhon Sawan province causing floods. The U-turn spot under the Dechatiwong Bridge was closed due to rising floodwaters. 

 

The Meteorological Department has predicted that rainfall in the country will increase between October 9 and 13, with heavy downpours in many areas including Bangkok and its adjacent provinces.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30328750

 

 

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[Crossy]

Most of the village have been using boats at high tide for at least a month, now there's no "low".

 

A rise of 80cm will put us still about 50cm below the 2011 peak, plenty to go before we worry, but will be checking every day.

 

For those who don't know we are in the Chiang Rak Yai area.

[robblok]

35 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Most of the village have been using boats at high tide for at least a month, now there's no "low".

 

A rise of 80cm will put us still about 50cm below the 2011 peak, plenty to go before we worry, but will be checking every day.

 

For those who don't know we are in the Chiang Rak Yai area.

Thanks for the useful information, and 50 cm is still a long way to go. 

[Crossy]

20 minutes ago, robblok said:

Thanks for the useful information, and 50 cm is still a long way to go. 

Don't forget that the flood measures upstream have been "improved" so the massive buffer area that flooded in 2011 isn't available now, it may rise much faster than we (and the authorities) anticipate.

 

[robblok]

1 minute ago, Crossy said:

Don't forget that the flood measures upstream have been "improved" so the massive buffer area that flooded in 2011 isn't available now, it may rise much faster than we (and the authorities) anticipate.

 

Crossy only reason i was flooded was because of the buffer area.. it was like a blanket of water moving down.. if just the people near the river are flooded its not that much of a problem here as we are quite far away from the river 15 km or more. 

 

Will see how it goes, i have good faith.. they did not mismanage the dams this time.. they are making sure there is room there all the time. 

[Crossy]

12 minutes ago, robblok said:

we are quite far away from the river 15 km or more.

Hopefully you'll be fine this time around, we are more like 15m from the river.

[robblok]

8 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Hopefully you'll be fine this time around, we are more like 15m from the river.

 

15 meters, that was always my dream.. fishing from my garden... but then i thought about the implications like flooding and decided against the idea 

[Golden Triangle]

I really do feel sorry for you guys and your families that live with the threat of your homes/villages flooding on a regular basis, when I retired and moved here in 2011 I remember flying into swampy and seeing as far as the naked eye would allow nothing but a nasty Red/Brown swathe across the whole country,  basically the whole country was wet. Horrible.

[Crossy]

Well, we are up a good 10-15cm since yesterday.

 

Enough that the restaurant has gone from ferrying people across the flooded car park using an iron-buffalo and trailer to being completely closed.

 

Image for today, for comparison 2011 was about 1/3 of the way up the doors on the green house.

 

 

OK, it was blue then, but the tide-mark is the 2011 reference.