Chao Phraya overflows banks to inundate Nonthaburi

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Chao Phraya overflows banks to inundate Nonthaburi

By The Nation

 

The bloated Chao Phraya River broke its banks to inundate houses and government offices in Nonthaburi on Wednesday morning.

 

This followed hours of heavy rains and the arrival of upstream floodwaters.

 

The overflowing river flooded houses and government offices from in front of the Muang Nonthaburi police station to the Bang Kwang Central Prison and the Corrections Department.

 

Water levels on the Nonthaburi 1 road were between 20 and 50 centimetres high.

 

Officials had to use barricades to cordon off the deepest parts, but several cars and motorcycles had engine breakdowns due to the floodwaters.

 

Several residents had to move their vehicles to higher ground.

 

The Muang Nonthaburi police station, which is located on a bank of the river, was inundated with water gushing from a drainage pipe that is connected to the river.

 

Policemen had to build a flood embankment with sandbags around the compound and used a water pump to drain the water.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30330080

 

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[phantomfiddler]

Get rid of the loop in the river just downstream, and the effects of stormwater runoff will be significantly reduced !

[KIWIBATCH]

5 hours ago, phantomfiddler said:

Get rid of the loop in the river just downstream, and the effects of stormwater runoff will be significantly reduced !

Ah yes...but that would take "thinking"...this mob don't have that ability

 

[holy cow cm]

from a drainage pipe . Woa..

[melvinmelvin]

loop in the river ? where ?

 

think the tone in the news cut is beefed up for some reason

 

I was there this morning, not much of a problem, two places had small amounts of water in the lanes

closest to the river, the lanes close to the prison were completely dry

[YetAnother]

7 hours ago, melvinmelvin said:

loop in the river ? where ?

 

think the tone in the news cut is beefed up for some reason

 

I was there this morning, not much of a problem, two places had small amounts of water in the lanes

closest to the river, the lanes close to the prison were completely dry

so this was 'fake news' ?

[Stargeezr]

Some parts of Bangkok and up river are flood prone and will have some floods every year.

  People have to live with it or build more efficient dyke systems around their dwellings.

  As the present and past governments have not helped them yet.

Geezer