Temples underwater as floods hit historic Thai city

[snoop1130]

A lying Buddha statue is seen during the flood at a Temple in Ayutthaya, Thailand, October 6, 2021. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun

 

AYUTTHAYA, Thailand (Reuters) - Several temples in Thailand's historic city of Ayutthaya were underwater on Wednesday, as heavy monsoon rains flooded provinces across the country.

 

More than 40 temples in Ayutthaya, home to ancient Buddhist temples, ruins, and monuments, have been affected by the floods, the city administration said.

 

At one of the temples, Wat Satue, monks paddled small boats through water that ranged from thigh deep to neck level.

 

"This is the worst flood in 10 years," its abbot Phra Kru Pariyat Yathikhun told Reuters by phone, adding that surrounding communities were also flooded.

 

Authorities have issued flood warnings across much of the country over the past two weeks as Tropical Storm Dianmu caused flash floods in 32 of Thailand's 76 provinces, killing nine people and affecting nearly 300,000 households.

 

Sixteen provinces were still flooded on Wednesday, including Ayutthaya, and authorities warned of another potential tropical storm that is forecast to reach the northeast of the country next week.

 

In 2011, Thailand suffered its worst floods in five decades, affecting 65 of its 76 provinces and killing hundreds.

 

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[mrfill]

Last week we were told they were racing against time to build protecting walls. They lost.

[grandpa]

Parts of Khon Kaen are now under water.  Ban Kud Kwang and Muangkao being 2 areas hit hard!

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

More than 40 temples in Ayutthaya, home to ancient Buddhist temples, ruins, and monuments, have been affected by the floods, the city administration said.

Karma will send lightening and thunderbolts to parliament/government house in retribution.

[hotchilli]

15 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Sixteen provinces were still flooded on Wednesday, including Ayutthaya, and authorities warned of another potential tropical storm that is forecast to reach the northeast of the country next week.

When it rains it pours.

[hotchilli]

1 hour ago, mrfill said:

Last week we were told they were racing against time to build protecting walls. They lost.

Walls?

More like sandbags

[Kwasaki]

1 hour ago, grandpa said:

Parts of Khon Kaen are now under water.  Ban Kud Kwang and Muangkao being 2 areas hit hard!

Muang Kao Sukhothai Historical Park and Temples are open and have had no floods.

I guess they sent all excess water south.

 

 

Edited October 7, 2021 by Kwasaki

[Russell17au]

36 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Muang Kao Sukhothai Historical Park and Temples are open and have had no floods.

I guess they sent all excess water south.

 

 

Meuang Kao, Khon Kaen not Muang Kao, Sukhothai, and Khon Kaen is not south of Sukhothai it is east and the water that is flooding this area is the water from the Chiayaphum floods moving north in the Chi River plus the water that is released from Ubolrotana dam into the Chi River to alleviate flooding from around the dam catchment area 

[Kwasaki]

19 minutes ago, Russell17au said:

Meuang Kao, Khon Kaen not Muang Kao, Sukhothai, and Khon Kaen is not south of Sukhothai it is east and the water that is flooding this area is the water from the Chiayaphum floods moving north in the Chi River plus the water that is released from Ubolrotana dam into the Chi River to alleviate flooding from around the dam catchment area 

Yeah there's few similar spelt Muang Kao's in Thailand.

Just trying drum up business for the locals.????

[WebGuy]

I am in Nonthaburi.

My wife says it the flood gets to Supandburi, we are the next.

 

Anyone from Supanburi to describe the situation there?

[bobandyson]

3 hours ago, mrfill said:

Last week we were told they were racing against time to build protecting walls. They lost.

And the government had a 10 year head start too since the last major flood.

Edited October 7, 2021 by bobandyson

[Kwasaki]

20 minutes ago, WebGuy said:

I am in Nonthaburi.

My wife says it the flood gets to Supandburi, we are the next.

 

Anyone from Supanburi to describe the situation there?

Can you be prepared or do you know you should be OK. 

[sherwood]

All part of the plan to get Tourist back to the Cuntry,

You have to get a diving certificate as well as all the other things like COE, insurance and wot not just to see the Temples.

Amazing Thailand 

[nahkit]

3 hours ago, grandpa said:

Parts of Khon Kaen are now under water.  Ban Kud Kwang and Muangkao being 2 areas hit hard!

Tell me about it - daughter shot this whilst being taken out of the project in Kud Kwang.

 

 

Worst part is she borrowed my car last weekend!

 

Edited October 7, 2021 by nahkit

[ThailandRyan]

News this morning showed a new Moo Ban being constructed. A 2 meter high cement wall surrounded the entire property of which it looked like 20 homes were in different stages of being built.  The water on the outside was at least a meter deep, and the entrance Area had been sandbagged but water was still flowing into the build area over the top of the bags.  Seems like the bottom floor of the houses will be under water.  Wouldn't want to have been someone that pre-paid for the build not knowing they were in a 10 year flood plain.....ugh.

[AhFarangJa]

maybe we need this guy to sort things out....

[nahkit]

34 minutes ago, AhFarangJa said:

maybe we need this guy to sort things out....

Could be there a while.

[nahkit]

2 hours ago, Russell17au said:

Meuang Kao, Khon Kaen not Muang Kao, Sukhothai, and Khon Kaen is not south of Sukhothai it is east and the water that is flooding this area is the water from the Chiayaphum floods moving north in the Chi River plus the water that is released from Ubolrotana dam into the Chi River to alleviate flooding from around the dam catchment area 

I believe its actually the Chonnabot dam releasing water that has caused this rather than the Ubolratana dam.

[Russell17au]

On 10/7/2021 at 12:05 PM, nahkit said:

I believe its actually the Chonnabot dam releasing water that has caused this rather than the Ubolratana dam.

Actually the main problem is both dams because they cannot stop either dams from releasing water. The Ubolratana is releasing water that is entering the Chi river downstream of the main flood front and that water is acting like a brake and slowing the flow of the water up stream of the river and not allowing the flood water to flow away quick enough and the water from the Chonnabot is being fed by the Chiayaphum flood waters and that is coming in behind the Khon Kaen flood waters. If they don't get the water at the front moving quicker then the water at the rear will build up higher and the water at the front is from Ubolratana dam. They are going to set up 12 water pushers at the front of the flood to push the water to Maha Sarahkam dam so that the water level at the rear will drop. At the moment the Ubolratana dam is at 90% and building up so at the moment they can control the water coming out of Ubolratana but once it hits 100% then there is no control of what comes over that wall and unless they get that water moving quickly before next week when there is more monsoonal rain to hit this area there is going to be some really serious flooding