Riverside residents in Bangkok prepare for high tide overflows on Tuesday night

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People living in communities along the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok, which are not protected by flood walls, have been advised to move their valuables to higher ground today (Tuesday), ahead of the high tide tonight.

 

Spokesman for the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA), Aekvarunyoo Amrapala, also advised riverside residents to check their electrical outlets and to monitor the water situation closely, via the city administration’s Facebook page, the BMA’s Flood Prevention Centre and the Department of Drainage and Sewerage.

 

Aekvarunyoo said that the flow of the Chao Phraya River through Bang Sai district of Ayutthaya today was measured at an average of 3,090m3/sec which, when compounded by the high tide expected at 7.23pm, will raise the water level in the river.

 

Full Story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/riverside-residents-in-bangkok-prepare-for-high-tide-overflows-on-tuesday-night/

 

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[KannikaP]

What do they recommend you check regarding your electrical outlets (sockets)?

 

[John Drake]

7 minutes ago, KannikaP said:

What do they recommend you check regarding your electrical outlets (sockets)?

 

If the sockets are high enough

[KannikaP]

Just now, John Drake said:

If the sockets are high enough

High enough? How high will the water come tonight? And if you think they are too low, get a sparky in to move them before the possible flood.

[John Drake]

4 hours ago, KannikaP said:

High enough? How high will the water come tonight? And if you think they are too low, get a sparky in to move them before the possible flood.

Yes. Sort of. In 2011 my landlord moved all the electrical outlets up 60 cm. The flood came up to just shy of it.