Chiang Mai on High Alert as Ping River Surges Beyond 5.25 Metres

[arithai12]

considerable improvements as of sunday morning, river level down 30cm from peak, no rain last night, and none in forecast today. some areas still "no go" however. it will take days to normality.

[Cameroni]

4 hours ago, GammaGlobulin said:

 

Then....

Central Festival will be closed on Sunday?

 

 

 

I was just told by someone who lives in Urbana 1 that the Superhighway 11 side road is flooded. Not sure if the main Superhigh way is flooded. If anyone is driving on the Superhighway 11 tell us here.

 

It could go either way with Central Festival, they're known to battle through emergencies, but given the state of the roads there would hardly be any people going there, and not sure if employees can come in either. They're obviously elevated though, so Central Festival may not be affected.

 

I feel bad for the small Thai shop owners, I saw dozens flooded yesterday. First covid lockdown now this. This is will be really bad for businesses.

 

Many great restaurants will close.I had a reservation at Petit Jardin yesterday. They had to cancel as the restaurant was forced to close. Power cut.

 

 

[Dante99]

52 minutes ago, Cameroni said:

Many great restaurants will close

Didn’t know there were many.  What are your top ten?

[BritManToo]

11 minutes ago, Dante99 said:

Didn’t know there were many.  What are your top ten?

My top four would be, Casita Mexican, Rajdarbar Indian, Au Der Auf German, and KhuaLek cafe. Out of those 4 the last 3 are closed due to flooding.

 

Coffee shops, Hom coffee, At Ta Rote coffee, the 2nd is currently underwater.

Edited 5 hours ago by BritManToo

[Cameroni]

42 minutes ago, Dante99 said:

Didn’t know there were many.  What are your top ten?

 

There's a lot.

 

Chef's table, Redbox, Baan Landai, Kiti Panit, Nasi Jumpru, Rock me Burger, Idink klin Krog, Sukishi Korean BBQ, Chennai to Rangoon, Petit Jardin, Tulou, Chom

 

 

[roo860]

2 hours ago, arithai12 said:

considerable improvements as of sunday morning, river level down 30cm from peak, no rain last night, and none in forecast today. some areas still "no go" however. it will take days to normality.

If the weather forecast is anything to go by next week is looking pretty good.

[Marcous]

Ping river water levels.

 

https://hydro-1.net/Data/HD-04/houly/hourly_level.php

[black tabby12345]

Hello, are you people in Chiang Ma？

 

One easy way to assess the flood risk in your area.

You can instantly see the elevation of each area(by its color).

 

Chiang Mai topographic map, elevation, terrain (topographic-map.com)

 

With this map(adjustable), you can predict which are area is safer.

 

Hope this helps.

Edited 2 hours ago by black tabby12345

[GammaGlobulin]

4 hours ago, Cameroni said:

 

I was just told by someone who lives in Urbana 1 that the Superhighway 11 side road is flooded. Not sure if the main Superhigh way is flooded. If anyone is driving on the Superhighway 11 tell us here.

 

It could go either way with Central Festival, they're known to battle through emergencies, but given the state of the roads there would hardly be any people going there, and not sure if employees can come in either. They're obviously elevated though, so Central Festival may not be affected.

 

I feel bad for the small Thai shop owners, I saw dozens flooded yesterday. First covid lockdown now this. This is will be really bad for businesses.

 

Many great restaurants will close.I had a reservation at Petit Jardin yesterday. They had to cancel as the restaurant was forced to close. Power cut.

 

 

 

So then...

This being a Sunday, are there dramatically fewer cars on the road in CM city?

Where I am, it's completely dry.

SanSai shopping centers were all completely dry on the 4th.

Just a very swollen river looking down from the overpass

 

I was just wondering about GRAB drivers in the city, mostly.

Are there many about?

Or, is the driving too challenging?

 

 

[earlinclaifornia]

I went out yesterday morning and along 11 the levels next were extream

Evening i went from Saraphi to 1141 via 11 which was all along flooded 

11 traffic stopped, everyone stranded. Turned on 11 to go back with help over the divide

Woke to 2 meters deep in driveway

Still rising, neighbors are chest levels. 

Thanks for updates

Edited 1 hour ago by earlinclaifornia