Flash floods in Samut Prakan, Chonburi as sea levels rise

By The Nation

 

 

Many Samut Prakan residents were hit by flash floods early on Wednesday when sea levels rose. Chonburi province also reportedly faced the same problem.

 

Many vehicles were stranded under knee-high water in areas close to the Chao Phraya River.

 

Residents also complained that their belongings were damaged as the water rushed in too quickly. Many houses on Sukhumvit Road were also flooded.

 

Chonburi province suffered the same problem as many residential and commercial areas suddenly found themselves under 30-centimetres of water.

 

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The Girlfriend's hair shop she is working at had water come up to about a foot from the front door, The road was pretty flooded, and I asked her yesterday where the water came from.  She replied she had no idea, but thought a water main must have broke.  The Shop is down in Bang Na on Sukhumvit Road, she said the west side of the road was flooded while the east side was not impacted.

High tides.. It's seasonal..

 

http://tides.mobilegeographics.com/locations/362.html

 

Anything near to 4m will cause floods either through river bank bursts or adjoined canals.

19 hours ago, webfact said:

Many Samut Prakan residents were hit by flash floods early on Wednesday when sea levels rose. Chonburi province also reportedly faced the same problem.

Without the added affect of any rainfall, this does show the weak areas that are seriously under threat.

But I'm sure the officials have a cunning plan, they will hand-out bags of rice to every affected household after which you can fill it with sand.

It is seasonal, and after January will be back to the regular levels.

   Seen this in Hua Hin in December. a few years ago.

Geezer

34 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Without the added affect of any rainfall, this does show the weak areas that are seriously under threat.

But I'm sure the officials have a cunning plan, they will hand-out bags of rice to every affected household after which you can fill it with sand.

for a minute I thought you meant they would use the bag of rice as a sand bag to hold back the water, after which it will began to sprout and they can plant it in their gardens to feed them.  Yep that's the plan Stan.

1 hour ago, ThailandRyan said:

for a minute I thought you meant they would use the bag of rice as a sand bag to hold back the water, after which it will began to sprout and they can plant it in their gardens to feed them.  Yep that's the plan Stan.

That's a better one, actually environmentally friendly, greenification of Bangkok... the smell of Hom Mali wafting across the capital, future rice paddies will be sprouting up from all the low lying areas...