Tropical depression ‘Wipha’ wreaks havoc in upper North

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Tropical depression ‘Wipha’ wreaks havoc in upper North

By The Nation

 

Heavy rains and floods today (August 5) inundated many parts of the upper North due to tropical depression Wipha.

 

Flooded roads were reported in Chiang Mai province, where the Thai Meteorological Department had on Sunday warned of torrential downpours in 70 per cent of its area.

 

 

Om Koi district saw flooded road sections, while a large tree was toppled in gusty winds to block a section of road leading to Wat Doi Suthep in Muang district at 8.30am, holding up traffic while officials cut and cleared it away. Officials also were on guard for a possible flood at the road expansion site of the Ban Pang Fan in Pa Miang in Doi Saket district section of the Chiang Mai-Chiang Rai Highway no 118. 

 

 

 

The Mae Kuang Udomthara Dam irrigation project director, Jensak Limpiti, said the dam in Doi Saket had already halted the release of water after heavy rains in the area. The dam now contains 46.54 million cubic metres, or 17.70 per cent of its capacity, after seeing 1.67 million cubic metres of water pouring into it on Monday – an increase from the 1.23 million cubic meters on the previous day, he said. A total of 5.4 million cubic metres of water poured into the dam during August 1-5, while the water levels of wells and ponds also jumped due to the rainwater.

 

 

In Phayao, heavy downpours caused floods in farmlands and low-lying homes in Chiang Kham and Dok Kham Tai districts, prompting district chiefs and local administrators to provide aid to the affected residents. Some houses in Tambon Wiang of Chiang Kham were under a one-metre-deep flood caused by Lao River overflow, while a flood barrier section behind Chaiyaphrom School collapsed sending floodwater to cover a one-kilometre-long section of the Ban La-Ban Chaiyaphrom road and make it impassable for all cars.

 

 

In Mae Hong Son’s Sop Moei district, a landslide on a 10-metre-long section of the under-construction rural road no 3017 (Ban Mae Lui Luang-Ban Mae Kui School) made it impassable for cars, while many sections of roads throughout Tambon Mae Suad of Sop Mei also were inundated and impassable for cars.

 

In related news, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department chief Chayapol Thitisak has reported that the flood and landslide situations in 38 districts of 13 provinces, which occurred during July 31-August 4, had all improved and officials were providing aid to the affected. A total of 2,642 household were affected while five bridges, one road and 12 fishing boats were damaged in the severe whether and flooding in 13 provinces of Phayao,

Nan, Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Trat, Chanthaburi, Tak, Ranong, Chumphon, Chiang Mai, Surat Thani, Khamphaeng Phetch and Loei, while one death was reported in Surat Thani, he said.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30374235

 

-- © Copyright The Nation Thailand 2019-08-05

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[khwaibah]

Sever you guys wright for hogging all the water.???? Were dyer than the Shara Desert in Isaan. RIP for the one death.

[NCC1701A]

"NCC1701A on TV tracked the storm. He knew."

"Shut up!"

"Do you think this is higher than last year?"

"Shut up!"

"He knows your sister."

"Shut up!"

 

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

"He knows your sister."

"Shut up!"

You do seem to "get around" a bit

[Andycoops]

Yes so much for it clobbering the NE.

It's dryer than the Gobi here in Yaso.

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, Andycoops said:

Yes so much for it clobbering the NE.

It's dryer than the Gobi here in Yaso.

Yes indeed. Yesterday, here in rural Khon Kaen, my landlady delivered "free" large black plastic containers (like refuse bins) to all us tenants to store water for emergency purposes as the mains supply is expected to be turned off due to the local drought.  

[rumak]

On 8/5/2019 at 2:35 PM, webfact said:

The dam now contains 46.54 million cubic metres, or 17.70 per cent of its capacity,

Mae Kuang dam.   I do remember riding my bike around it .  beautiful ride.   And once it was almost full.

17,7 %  isn't going to make it so better hope for more rain.

Anyway,  I've moved out of that dam area.    Gotten too gentrified for my taste.  Don't enjoy eating kow man gai and hearing people talk about land values and how much the neighbor sold for.  

[UbonEagle]

Just under 100mm here in Ubon last 10 days, nothing mind-blowing for this time of year but good rain nonetheless. Plenty of rice farmers here on the outskirts getting the rice crop in now... hopefully some follow up to come.

And keeping the pool topped up nicely ????