Venice of the East - massive deluge plunges Bangkok into chaos

[lopburi3]

31 minutes ago, jimster said:

Must be a very localized thing because although yesterday was quite a rainy day, most of eastern Bangkok though showing signs of rain having fallen earlier (I had just come back from a road trip to the eastern seaboard) was absolutely ordinary - there have been many periods in the last few weeks with much heavier rain and flooding than yesterday. So probably it was the city center that received the heavy rain while other parts of the city just received a little.

 

Same thing with overnight rain - wasn't heavy at all, if it was I'd be able to hear it over my air-conditioner. So i guess the flooding this morning must have been localized to the downtown area.

Well I live north of Latphao Road and it is the highest water level ever here and still well above crown or roads in my mooban.  It was very heavy rain over a large area of Bangkok this morning and continued several hours.

[sujoop]

214 ML rain / approx 9 inches of water dumped in a very short time span could cause a flood almost anywhere.
 

Parts of London flooded after just 3.5 cm / 1.4 inches in an hour:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36471889
 

Many towns in W.A. inundated and even cut off after 170 ml (understandably)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-10/wa-towns-being-evacuated-amid-heavy-rainfall-flooding/8258178
 

Despite what some official stated, next week remnants of a tropical storm 'Khanun' will affect parts of Thailand and likely parts of Bangkok as well (most likely the usual lowest lying areas which are prone to flooding in such rain events)
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2017/tropical-storm-khanun?map=5day

 

Track looks set to decline but with such wide bands of rain circulating there's still a good chance of isolated large downpours in Bkk and elsewhere.

 

However, unlike in 2011 at least the current Govt hasn't ordered dams shut (to get initial rice scheme crops harvested from the flood plains) thus a repeat of 2011 floods is very unlikely. BTW as of noon many areas pictured in Bangkok have drained except low lying areas which always flood.

Live updates/monitoring via Longdo is usually pretty accurate:
https://traffic.longdo.com/en/




 

[Thian]

3 hours ago, kotsak said:

I see the much touted drainage tunnel has been working quite well.. 

The flooded roads are not in the financial district which is highly protected with the new canals. So it seems they do their job well.

[Lupatria]

2 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

 

Time for the TAT to lure more tourists to clean the so called "drainage system" after they cleaned the beaches

[RichardColeman]

Thought Mr. Election promised no floods ? 

[tomwct]

5 hours ago, nausea said:

Has there ever been a year without flooding in Bangkok?

Not during my 15 years in Thailand! No infrastructure but plenty of construction equals flooding!

[Baerboxer]

6 hours ago, Kerryd said:

 

Actually we are at the end of the rainy season, which generally goes from May/June to October, give or take a couple weeks.

 

And not all areas north of BKK are flooded either! Nothing like a bit of hyperbole.

 

Areas of BKK regularly flood after a severe torrential downpour and will continue to do so until someone sorts the drainage system out.

Edited October 14, 2017 by Baerboxer

[PETERTHEEATER]

6 hours ago, Kerryd said:

 

Actually we are at the end of the rainy season, which generally goes from May/June to October, give or take a couple weeks.

Disagree. More like mid-November based on my experience

[bridge2bridge]

6 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

The areas north of Bangkok are already flooded, more is running off from central and northern Thailand and we are just in the beginning of the rainy season. Could be a wet few months to come.

It Is nearing the END of the rainy season.

[Baerboxer]

23 minutes ago, PETERTHEEATER said:

Disagree. More like mid-November based on my experience

 

What would the end of October be give or take a couple of weeks? - either mid October or mid November.

[Baerboxer]

2 hours ago, sujoop said:

214 ML rain / approx 9 inches of water dumped in a very short time span could cause a flood almost anywhere.
 

Parts of London flooded after just 3.5 cm / 1.4 inches in an hour:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-36471889
 

Many towns in W.A. inundated and even cut off after 170 ml (understandably)
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-02-10/wa-towns-being-evacuated-amid-heavy-rainfall-flooding/8258178
 

Despite what some official stated, next week remnants of a tropical storm 'Khanun' will affect parts of Thailand and likely parts of Bangkok as well (most likely the usual lowest lying areas which are prone to flooding in such rain events)
https://www.wunderground.com/hurricane/western-pacific/2017/tropical-storm-khanun?map=5day

 

Track looks set to decline but with such wide bands of rain circulating there's still a good chance of isolated large downpours in Bkk and elsewhere.

 

However, unlike in 2011 at least the current Govt hasn't ordered dams shut (to get initial rice scheme crops harvested from the flood plains) thus a repeat of 2011 floods is very unlikely. BTW as of noon many areas pictured in Bangkok have drained except low lying areas which always flood.

Live updates/monitoring via Longdo is usually pretty accurate:
https://traffic.longdo.com/en/




 

 

Excellent information and commentary - thank you sir!

[Orton Rd]

Hardly any flooding over the river around Rama 2, where they have not concreted everything over yet, and where there are plenty of klongs and large areas of water for the rain to drain into. The flooding problem is mostly man made, it's poor planning.

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, sujoop said:

Despite what some official stated, next week remnants of a tropical storm 'Khanun' will affect parts of Thailand and likely parts of Bangkok as well (most likely the usual lowest lying areas which are prone to flooding in such rain events)

But I could bet that yesterday morning I saw prediction from the same US site that did not show this turn to the south.

So again, those meteorologist are not capable of predicting the next 24 hours

[malibukid]

why can't the fix this mess like the did in KL?

[connda]

If they had not filled in the original klongs, then the water wouldn't be seeking the path of least resistance.

[shady86]

4 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

 

Was this Sukhumvit 42 near Gateway? Very close to my place. 

[Khun Paul]

Bangkok will NOT be flooded was the promise..................wrong AGAIN ..................!!!

[Tchooptip]

We intended to go from Samui to Bueng Khan province, it was planned for this coming week, does anyone know if it's possible?

Or would it be wiser/safer to wait?

[lvr181]

According to the 'big cheese' not as bad as the 2011 floods (or is it?).

[tonray]

50 minutes ago, connda said:

If they had not filled in the original klongs, then the water wouldn't be seeking the path of least resistance.

West of, River in Thonburi (Talat phlu)  not much of an issue because many original khlongs still here.. Left in place between hi rise condos 

[ThaiFelix]

43 minutes ago, Khun Paul said:

Bangkok will NOT be flooded was the promise..................wrong AGAIN ..................!!!

No, if you read the article it clearly said no flooding, only some....... "inundation"

[ThaiFelix]

49 minutes ago, shady86 said:

Was this Sukhumvit 42 near Gateway? Very close to my place. 

Its those dang farang cigarette butts again!

[ilostmypassword]

7 hours ago, cornishcarlos said:

 

Depends where you are in Thailand...

We are just coming into our rainy season in Suratthani !!

The weather in Bangkok is dominated by a tropicalmonsoon climate which means there are three mainseasons: hot season from March to June, rainy season from July to October and cool seasonbetween November and February.

http://www.bangkok.com/weather.htm

[wvavin]

It is utterly disgusting by coming into contact with this water!

[Airbagwill]

Veinice of the east? hardly.

whereas both towns are built on deltas and both are slowly sinking into the sea, the traffic in Venice doesn't come to a halt every timeeit rains, largely because they haven't covered up and drained all their canals.

[peperobi]

Who will be responsible for that now? 

[Dumbastheycome]

200mm of  rain  is not an event  street  drains   could  ever easily  cope  with cope  with ! 

[lopburi3]

4 minutes ago, Airbagwill said:

Veinice of the east? hardly.

whereas both towns are built on deltas and both are slowly sinking into the sea, the traffic in Venice doesn't come to a halt every timeeit rains, largely because they haven't covered up and drained all their canals.

Venice with a population of 264 thousand and no vehicles so yes foot and boat traffic goes on in the rain.

Bangkok with a population of 8.2 million and 4 million vehicles also normally has traffic in the rain.

[JRUSA]

Can anyone tell me if this area was affected.. Theparak District. My GF was heading back to Bangkok early this morning and I haven't heard from her..

[eggers]

8 hours ago, ExpatOilWorker said:

The areas north of Bangkok are already flooded, more is running off from central and northern Thailand and we are just in the beginning of the rainy season. Could be a wet few months to come.

Think we're at tail end of Wet Season, usually finish end of October, then cool mths Nov - thru Feb.