Storm ‘Podul’ gives Phrae a taste of what’s expected

[Jonathan Fairfield]

Storm ‘Podul’ gives Phrae a taste of what’s expected

By Kanyasorn Thintip,
Nisanart Kangwanwong
The Nation

 

 

While many parts of Thailand await heavy rains from the influence of storm “Podul”, Sun Men district in the northern province of Phrae got a taste of its wrath early on Friday morning, as it toppled trees and power poles and blew roofs off houses.

 

Provincial governor Pongrat Piromrat responded by calling an urgent meeting of all district chiefs to prepare workers and tools to aid residents who will be affected from Friday to Sunday by severe weather conditions, and to plan an effective evacuation for riverside residents if necessary.

 

 

Sung Men's tambon Nam Cham saw roofs blow off several houses, and trees fall down, pulling down five power poles along with them and resulting in an early morning blackout in Nam Cham and its adjacent tambon Pong Pa Lai. Meanwhile, Ban Phra Luang (Moo 5) in tambon Phra Luang saw a large teak tree fall and block a local road.

 

 

Officials at Nakhon Chiang Mai Municipality diverted 30 per cent of about 300,000 cubic metres of water at the old city moat into the Ping River so as to prepare to absorb Podul’s rainfall, said the municipality's public works division head Wisakha Panyachauy.

 

Workers were dispatched to dredge drainage pipes and clear away water hyacinths, while official were on an around-the-clock watch for flooding especially of the at-risk roads of Sri Ping Muang, Chang Klan and Suthep (near Ton Payom Market), he added.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375623

 

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[trainman34014]

One day in the NEXT Millenium they will put cables underground !

[Golden Triangle]

18 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Workers were dispatched to dredge drainage pipes and clear away water hyacinths, while official were on an around-the-clock watch for flooding especially of the at-risk roads of Sri Ping Muang, Chang Klan and Suthep (near Ton Payom Market), he added.

So, they wait until the storm is literally on top of them and then clear drainage pipes and clear away water hyacinths !! Way to go guys, good forward planning skills 

[hotchilli]

17 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

One day in the NEXT Millenium they will put cables underground !

Or prune trees.

[tifino]

17 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

One day in the NEXT Millenium they will put cables underground !

right now, on the ground; is about as close to 'underground' they will ever get!

 

 - now, if there were also a volcano blow nearby, the ash will do the job for them!

[Dogbarker]

18 hours ago, trainman34014 said:

One day in the NEXT Millenium they will put cables underground !

I often wonder if that us a good idea ... If there are floods they will become damp and short circuit or electrify people walking through puddles. Then when they go wrong they have to dig roads up ?  Just my thoughts based on Thais seem to have enough of a problem with water pipes running underground ....... ?

[KhunBENQ]

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Or prune trees.

Had a four hour power outage this morning.

Little cause, big effect.

A branch of a bamboo tree fell on the high voltage lines.

 

Edited August 31, 2019 by KhunBENQ

[Vacuum]

21 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said:

Workers were dispatched to dredge drainage pipes and clear away water hyacinths,

How many months did they have time to do this? I know tit, but I'm surprised every year.

Edited August 31, 2019 by Vacuum