Thailand’s National Water Command Centre issued advice to people in 56 provinces today (Saturday), including Bangkok and its suburbs, to brace for possible river overflows and flooding due to heavy rainfall in the past 24 hours.

 

Meanwhile, the Royal Irrigation Department has stepped up efforts to ease flooding in Bangkok’s neighbouring province of Pathum Thani, by draining water from the swollen Rangsit Prayoonsak canal into the Chao Phraya River and through a network of canals into the Bang Pakong River in the eastern province of Chachoengsao and, finally, into the Gulf of Thailand.

 

The department has offered an assurance that the discharge of water through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat province, at a rate of 1,448m3/sec, and through the Pasak Jolasid Dam in Lop Buri province, at a rate of 300m3/sec since yesterday, will not affect downstream areas.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/56-provinces-warned-of-waterway-overflows-following-heavy-rain/

 

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56 provinces ??????

Hmm, that's 56 out of 77 Provinces. 
Where are the lucky 21? 

2 hours ago, webfact said:

The department has offered an assurance that the discharge of water through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat province, at a rate of 1,448m3/sec, and through the Pasak Jolasid Dam in Lop Buri province, at a rate of 300m3/sec since yesterday, will not affect downstream areas.

Because in Thailand the water flows up into the mountains and not down to the sea.

Duh.....everyone knows that.

We were ward a week ago of bad weather for the next 5 days. How come I missed it?

Should we cut all the remaining trees so that they no longer obstruct water to flow back more easily ????

17 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

We were ward a week ago of bad weather for the next 5 days. How come I missed it?

Does it make you wonder what else in life you have missed? Does for me. 

If the sewer systems were kept clean, and people did not throw garbage everywhere resulting in clogging, the problem may not be as bad.

They need to stop the cloud seeding we have had enough. This is the longest rainy reason I can remember. When they sold the rain making technology to Indonesia recently they admitted to still doing it on the pretext that the dams where only 50 percent full. Rice farmers here are having their crops ruined and for what. It's completely preventable.

No doubt we will hear the same next year and still be totally unprepared.  I even remember ' someone ' saying a couple of years ago that Bangkok wouldn't flood any more due to the measures taken . There are 10 drier months every year in this country when canals could be built to divert water, but.....

The wellies I bought for the time I lived in BKK is rotting from lack of use here in CM. Furthermore, the air quality here has been excellent the past couple of years.

1 hour ago, lifeincnx said:

Hmm, that's 56 out of 77 Provinces. 
Where are the lucky 21? 

The 21 that haven't found it fit to fill in their systematic khlong networks nor have found it necessary to cement over their lovely landscapes. 

20 minutes ago, finnomick1 said:

No doubt we will hear the same next year and still be totally unprepared.  I even remember ' someone ' saying a couple of years ago that Bangkok wouldn't flood any more due to the measures taken . There are 10 drier months every year in this country when canals could be built to divert water, but.....

To be fair to the city I live they have spent 2 years building up the sides of the river with huge boulders

Rotten brown and green Jasmine rice anyone?

The Mae Kok river in Chiang Rai is as high as I have ever seen it, and flowing fast. The military golf course next to it has been flooded for two weeks.

32 minutes ago, Isaan sailor said:

Rotten brown and green Jasmine rice anyone?

I believe you are quite correct. I've a rice farmer friend in Isaan and she tells me they're getting too much rain.

1 hour ago, Expat68 said:

To be fair to the city I live they have spent 2 years building up the sides of the river with huge boulders

Fair comment but boulders don't stop water. Concrete flood defenses are ok except the water flows around where it ends. Water will always find it's way.  Diversion or containment works, so does releasing dammed water providing one has the foresight to do it in time.

3 hours ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

We were warned a week ago of bad weather for the next 5 days. How come I missed it?

We missed it as well.....

Edited September 10, 20223 yr by NE1

Sept 01, Gen. Prawit gave his personal assurance to reporters that there will be no recurrence of the disastrous flooding from 2011 this year.....

Classic foot in mouth comment...

 

Edited September 10, 20223 yr by Forza2002

Nothing much in rain for upper Sakon Nakhon for two weeks despite dire warnings everyday.

 

Okay with me.

Rain=No electricity here. 

4 hours ago, lifeincnx said:

Where are the lucky 21?

Some among the mountains across the North of Thailand where the water flows south via tributaries to the Chao Praya River or east towards the Mekong. To name a few - Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, Phayao, Lampang, Nan, Petchabun, Mae Hong Son, Phitsanulok etc.

Well when it rains in northern Thailand, and there are rivers that flow into the Chao Phraya,

the notice should be,  Hey everyone, rivers in the north are flooding, and soon the Chao Phraya

will be flooding as well. Get ready!  That is the problem with living next to a river, and not being

at least 10 meters higher than the river. Good Luck to all affected.

11 hours ago, lifeincnx said:

Hmm, that's 56 out of 77 Provinces. 
Where are the lucky 21? 

In the south.

 

 

11 hours ago, finnomick1 said:

Fair comment but boulders don't stop water. Concrete flood defenses are ok except the water flows around where it ends. Water will always find it's way.  Diversion or containment works, so does releasing dammed water providing one has the foresight to do it in time.

I should have mentioned with concrete in between them

15 hours ago, lifeincnx said:

Hmm, that's 56 out of 77 Provinces. 
Where are the lucky 21? 

I appear to be in one... or at least I don't live on the banks of a river.

Bringing happiness to the Thai People?  Where is Pray-hoot's accountability in this annual flooding?  So worried about retaining power as PM for as many more years as possible, while the People suffer his incompetence and malfeasance in flood control.  He had 8 years to do something, but priority was giving billions to the Military.  What a pathetic excuse for a Leader.

18 hours ago, Gweiloman said:

The wellies I bought for the time I lived in BKK is rotting from lack of use here in CM. Furthermore, the air quality here has been excellent the past couple of years.

You you must be living in a different 'CM' to me. Here in Chiangmai it's been raining for what seems like months. Its p****** down out there right now.

I was a member in one of the 56 provinces yesterday. 

 

Ankle deep in water outside and toe nail deep inside 2 bedrooms upstairs. Only rainwater from overflowing gutters. I have done some  running repairs and this morning all seems to be well. 

 

My wife and I got very wet but we cleared up and no real damage done.

 

Worst in 30 years she said! 

no problem the army has submarines

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