Floods Paralyse Chumphon, Koh Samui, Surat Thani

[lazeeboy]

QUOTE (astral @ 2007-10-25 12:58:53)

Why oh Why is nothing done to manage the floods that occur every year?????????

Because flood defence systems are extremely expensive and most developing countries including Thailand simply can not afford them

Because its not in budget this year and maybe not next year but......seems buying 12 Swedish fighter jets for 34 Billion Baht is of more importance right now..

if samui got provincial status which with the head count now qualify ,this flooding could be a thing of the past ,also the roads could be fixed ,but as were under surattani are roads and flood precautions are almost non existant .......

[Jai Dee]

Interior Deputy Minister grants suppliers to flood victims in Chumphon

Deputy Minister of Interior Banyat Chansena (บัญญัติ จันทร์เสนะ) travels to Lang Suan District, Chumphon province, to offer supply kits to residents affected by flood conditions.

Supplies are distributed to 450 households in Tambon Bang Maphrao (บางมะพร้าว) and Tambon Po Daeng (พ้อแดง).

Lang Suan District Chief Niphan Sirithorn (นิพันธ์ ศิริธร) reveals that heavy rain since October 22nd has caused floodings to 69 villages in 10 Tambons in the district. The flood level in most of the submerged areas has receded. About 200 households in Tambon Pho Daeng and Tambon Bang Maphrao are still flooded.

As for compensation for the flood victims by the province, the Provincial Administration Organization of Chumphon has distributed 1,200 packages of supply to them.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 26 October 2007

[george]

Surat Thani declares 11 districts as flood disaster zones

SURAT THANI: -- The southern province of Surat Thani has declared 11 districts as disaster zones while an additional two districts were hard hit by flooding.

Governor Winai Buapradit said officials have been working to assist flood victims. The situation has eased but the flood is still high in the two districts Ko Samui and Phrasaeng districts.

Rain has continued on Friday morning and stench of accumulated floodwater began to affect local residents after several days of rainfall.

The latest report said 11 districts have been severely impacted by flooding. In Ko Samui district, the cost of the damage is estimated at more than Bt10 million. In Phrasaeng district, about 140 homes have been affected and more than 800 acres of farmland have been damaged. In Kanchanadit district, 630 homes and 19 roads have been damaged.

The governor convened a meeting with agencies concerned on Friday to mitigate the flooding in the province.

--TNA 2007-10-26

[lazeeboy]

Interior Deputy Minister grants suppliers to flood victims in Chumphon

Deputy Minister of Interior Banyat Chansena (บัญญัติ จันทร์เสนะ) travels to Lang Suan District, Chumphon province, to offer supply kits to residents affected by flood conditions.

Supplies are distributed to 450 households in Tambon Bang Maphrao (บางมะพร้าว) and Tambon Po Daeng (พ้อแดง).

Lang Suan District Chief Niphan Sirithorn (นิพันธ์ ศิริธร) reveals that heavy rain since October 22nd has caused floodings to 69 villages in 10 Tambons in the district. The flood level in most of the submerged areas has receded. About 200 households in Tambon Pho Daeng and Tambon Bang Maphrao are still flooded.

As for compensation for the flood victims by the province, the Provincial Administration Organization of Chumphon has distributed 1,200 packages of supply to them.

Source: Thai National News Bureau Public Relations Department - 26 October 2007

i see the selves in tesco and macro are getting sparse ,fresh produce is getting low .......

[george]

King orders help for flood-ravaged Chumphon

BANGKOK: -- As flooding in this southern province on the Gulf of Thailand remained critical with eight districts reeling from damage estimated at Bt100 million, His Majesty the King graciously instructed officials to survey the damage and provide relief bags.

Chumphon public relations official Suthima Sanyawong said His Majesty had learned about the severe flooding and was concerned about his subjects' well-being. He instructed Royal Household Bureau officials to board a helicopter to survey the damage.

Lt-Colonel Kamol Prachaupmor, deputy secretary-general of the Ratchaprachanukroh Foundation under the Royal Patronage, will also provide relief bags at Tambon Na Pho in Sawi district today at 2pm, she said.

The Chumphon flood levels remain at 50 centimetres to one metre.

The Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office reported that 15,319 households in Muang, Lamae, Phato, Lang Suan and Tha Sae districts were hit, while officials were still assessing Sawi, Pathiu and Thung Tako districts. Overall flood damage was estimated to be at least Bt100 million.

The flood death toll in Chumphon is now two. Napassakorn Laphrom, 12, drowned in Muang district and 36-year-old Suwan Petchthong drowned in Lang Suan district while inspecting his fish pond.

Chumphon Governor Manit Wattanasen provided relief bags for flood victims and ordered officials to help them as well as the families of the deceased. As rain continued, he urged officials to watch 124 landslide and flood-prone villages around the clock.

Although the rain stopped yesterday morning in Surat Thani, the flood situation there remained worrisome, including the tourist island of Koh Samui, according to Governor Winai Buapradit.

He said Phrasaeng, Chaiya, Tha Chana, Don Sak, Tha Chang, and Koh Samui districts were affected by flooding, but it had eased except in Phrasaeng and Koh Samui, where the situation continued to be of concern due to deep and polluted floodwater.

Five more water pumps were sent to Koh Samui after installing an initial three pumps, the governor said.

Floods occur every year and new town planning is needed to solve the problem in the long term, he said. Flooding is not affecting tourism because it is the monsoon season when the number of tourists is not usually very high.

Winai later yesterday boarded a helicopter to inspect the flood damage in Koh Samui and Tha Chana.

Koh Samui's Tourism Promotion Association chairman Senee Phuwasetthavorn said the repeated floods on the island were caused by the construction of houses, bungalows and hotels, which obstructed natural waterways.

Road infrastructure does not include proper drainage and when heavy rains carry sand from the hillsides and block drainage pipes, roads around the island become flooded, he said.

Meanwhile, the Public Health Ministry announced that since October 8 until yesterday, health officials had treated around 55,000 flood victims, most of whom were suffering athlete's foot, rashes and flu.

Meanwhile, Bangkok Governor Apirak Kosayodhin warned riverside residents of possible flooding as the Chao Phya River was due to peak at 1.92 metres yesterday afternoon due to the high tide.

He said the city had also asked the Royal Irrigation Department to decrease the rate of water released from the North to 2,665 cubic metres per second to support the massive inflows of seawater expected from tomorrow until next Wednesday.

The governor has also set up working committees chaired by the deputy governor and deputy permanent secretary respectively, to tackle problems in submerged areas and requested the Navy to cooperate with the city in assisting flood victims.

Bangkok will also release water from the Chao Phya River to the city's canals and designated flood-absorbing areas, he added.

The Nation 2007-10-26

[Mid]

Koh Samui's Tourism Promotion Association chairman Senee Phuwasetthavorn said the repeated floods on the island were caused by the construction of houses, bungalows and hotels, which obstructed natural waterways.

why thank-you ,

now , what is going to be done about it ???

[Marcan]

Koh Samui's Tourism Promotion Association chairman Senee Phuwasetthavorn said the repeated floods on the island were caused by the construction of houses, bungalows and hotels, which obstructed natural waterways.

why thank-you ,

now , what is going to be done about it ???

I'm just back from Koh Chang, it was no raining at all during this week.

But they are building news hotels next to each other all along White Sand beach.

They're removing partially the forest just behind some of these new hotels. As the slope is quite big there, I do not know what will protect protect these hotels, road and finally the beach.

It will happen soon something bad there...

What really means National Park? Koh Chang is a National Park isn't it?

[mazuntex]

That's some nasty business. How are you guys out there managing to cope with it? There's not a whole lot you can do until the water level goes down, huh? I had a flood in my house back home once, not fun. I feel for you and sure hope your homes are concrete and without any carpet.

Sure am glad I'm on the 7th floor here on the river in Nonthaburi. But it's not so nice watching the neighbors being flooded out every day.

[bruceboy]

I really enjoy these areas, hope everything works out.