Phetchaburi town swamped as dam releases water, river overflows

By The Nation

 

The Phetchaburi River yesterday inundated Phetchaburi’s Muang district as the upstream Kaeng Krachan Dam released water after reaching 109 per cent of its capacity.

 

THE PHETCHABURI River has overflowed, leaving its riverside areas flooded for a stretch of at least 60 kilometres.
 

Affected is the area between the overwhelmed Kaeng Krachan Dam, which is 109 per cent full, and the Phetch Dam. 

 

Most affected are resorts along the banks of the river. Due to recent heavy downpours, the Kaeng Krachan Dam was yesterday discharging 272 cubic metres of water per second into the river, which is only able to accommodate up to 150 cubic metres of water per second. 

 

 Below the dam, the Phetchaburi River runs through Tha Yang, Ban Lat, Muang and Ban Laem districts before draining into the sea.

 

Relevant authorities have been trying to ease flood woes by diverting some of the water into nearby canals. 

Locals, however, had been bracing for a possible inundation and the run-off has already swamped Phetcha-buri’s Muang district.

 

Kaeng Krachan Dam was one of the five big dams facing a critical water level yesterday, said Samrerng Saengpoowong, deputy secretary-general of the Office of National Water Resource (ONWR). 

 

The four other dams were Nam Oun Dam in Sakon Nakhon province (101 per cent full); Vajiralongkorn Dam in Kanchanaburi (90 per cent full); Khun Dan Prakan Chon Dam in Nakhon Nayok (86 per cent), and Pran Buri Dam in Prachuap Khiri Khan (84 per cent). 

 

Downpours have been heavy between August 12 and 19 due to tropical storms. Up to 2.67 billion cubic metres of water flowed into major dams during the period. 

 

Border provinces along Mekong River were also in peril amid heavy downpours in Laos, with Nakhon Phanom and Ubon Ratchathani on high alert for flooding. 

 

Nong Khai, a border province in the Northeast, was already flooded. Rubber plantations were ravaged by floodwaters in Nong Khai’s Rattana Wapee district, and police were busy helping locals move their belongings to higher ground at press time. 

 

Nong Khai town was also flooded, though officials were trying hard to pump out the floodwater. 

 

Meanwhile, eight other pro-vinces face varying levels of risk as heavy rains continue. They are Bueng Kan, Sakhon Nakhon, Chanthaburi, Trat, Ranong, Krabi, Trang and Satun. 

 

In Chanthaburi province, the medium-sized Khiri Khan reservoir was full. 

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30352653

 

-- © Copyright The Nation 2018-08-22

More  boat and propellers  needed...........suggest 1 million boats and  10   billion buckets, call me crazy but im still reliably informed there will be "no flooding".............cant wait for September October, be hilarious if it all affects  Bangkok before the foregone conclusion election, maybe nature  will decide who wins that  after all???

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

Pran Buri Dam in Prachuap Khiri Khan (84 per cent).

up  from 80% in  the  last  few weeks despite  them  running  off  water  now  for  about 2-3 weeks  continually by  me.

Didn't we recently read there will be no flooding in Phetchaburi?

1 hour ago, sweatalot said:

Didn't we recently read there will be no flooding in Phetchaburi?

Possibly from this man who has his thumb up something or other!

To quote from this story:

"Hannarong Yaowalers, chairman of Thai Water Partnership, said yesterday that Somkiat was a good choice to head the new office judging from his experience and vision on water management. Hannarong said the position of National Water Resources Management Office director is a very influential one, as this agency will play an important role in planning water resources management of the country as a whole. It also has to plan beforehand to prevent drought and flood disasters."

 

"F" for FAIL!

 

...opting for 'swamped'....instead of 'flooded'.......???

 

...60 kilometers is....halfway here......

 

...so much for euphemisms....

2 hours ago, sweatalot said:

Didn't we recently read there will be no flooding in Phetchaburi?

Yep This is FALSE NEWS!

The truth is not truth!

None of this is happening.

No flooding. No flooding.

Anyway, it's not BKK, so who cares, hey?

5 hours ago, webfact said:

Kaeng Krachan Dam, which is 109 per cent full, and the Phetch Dam. 

Haven't they learn anything from the 2011 flood on dam water management. Now who's to be blame.   

5 hours ago, webfact said:

the Kaeng Krachan Dam was yesterday discharging 272 cubic metres of water per second into the river, which is only able to accommodate up to 150 cubic metres of water per second. 

Prayut's flood management - who knew it would be so complicated?

But on the positive side, the government implemented new software and data measurement instruments to precisely measure the amount of flooding.

God love them; they have their own reality when it comes to percentages; 478% of the time their guesses are correct. ?

Look Out!!

34 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Haven't they learn anything from the 2011 flood on dam water management. Now who's to be blame.   

Same people who were to blame in 2011.. the goverment. And no they don't learn one bit... 

 

Seems they actually copied the previous government in how they spread false news. 

 

Maybe they did not get the memo that they had to copy only the things the previous government did that worked.. not their failures. (seem to be copying a lot things they were against before the hypocrites)

38 minutes ago, Eric Loh said:

Haven't they learn anything from the 2011 flood on dam water management. Now who's to be blame.   

Yes; they have learned that you can skim a lot more money by announcing very expensive preventative measures that will be implemented before next rainy season !

Wait for the electrocutions to follow the water next year will be ok no rain forecasted?  

It's Thailand. there will always be flooding.

until they change the officials for some that know what they're doing !

Ah Thai water management ! And dont give a **** about peoples homes

 

 

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1 hour ago, markaoffy said:

Ah Thai water management ! And dont give a **** about peoples homes

 

 

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because the homes are not in Bangkok.

Edited August 22, 20187 yr by newatthis

No worries, that's just light drizzle, Thai water different.

 

A flood here would probably mean if you're not on an ark, you're being recycled to a cockroach.

This Ferrari was lucky .. Water got in the electrics just in time to stop it from garlanding the tree ..