Inundated Lop Buri Now Faces Winter Chills

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Inundated Lop Buri now faces winter chills

By The Nation

Winter chills are to hit a second blow to the floodravaged Lop Buri, prompting local officials to call for winter clothe donation before early 2011, while the flood death toll was reported yesterday as 94 deaths nationwide.

Kittisak Supapong from the Lop Buri kamnan and village headmen's association, expressed concerns that winter chills were already felt but thousands homes remained under floodwater, which won't go away for at least another 15 days.

He urged public sector to donate winter clothes fast, before early 2011, so flood victims won't feel left out in the cold.

After two weeks of flooding, now many flooded areas in Lop Buri's Muang and Ban Mee districts reportedly became so polluted, sending foul smell and locals redeveloped Hong Kong Foot disease and rash.

Meanwhile, Meteorological Department warned the temperature in the Northeast, Central and Eastern regions would drop by 23 Degree Celsius this period, while the South would have heavy rains and strong windwave in the Gulf.

The Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand yesterday reported the flood toll from October 1029 at 94 deaths in 20 floodhit provinces - most deaths were from drowning. The institute would soon encourage Thais to learn how to swim.

Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director general Vibul Sanguanpong yesterday reported that currently floods remained in 244 districts of 27 provinces, affecting 3,774,789 people and damaging 4,001,701 rai of farmlands.

As overall, the department said the flood from October 1028 caused 75 deaths in 18 provinces and affected 4.16 million people in 38 provinces.

In related news, PM Abhisit Vejjajiva, who currently attended the 17th Asean Summit in Vietnam, said Asean leaders were concerned about the flood situation in Thailand. He also said that, having no plan to borrow money for flood rehabilitation, he had instructed ministries to adjust their budgets to get money for it instead.

Meanwhile, Deputy Interior Minister Thavorn Senniem yesterday urged 14 southern province governors to prepared plans to tackle flood, storm or landslide and to timely evacuate at risk residents. As Narathiwat's 13 districts were alerted of possible floods, 700 fishing boats were also kept ashore as precaution from the predicted strong windwave.

In Surat Thani, Panom district chief Suwi Chuchuaysuwan yesterday said tambon Khlong Chaoon was hit by downpourtriggered forest flood but local officials promptly evacuated atrisk residents and distributed cooked food and relief bags along with helps from private sector.

PM's Office Minister Sathit Wongnongtoey affirmed that the Bt5,000 flood assistance money would reach the victims by next Friday and urged each floodhit province to assess damages and prepared the information of entitled victims.

Public Health Minister Jurin Laksanawisit said another 115,000 sets of flood medicines would be sent today (Oct30) and reported that from October 2028 the medical mobile teams had treated a total of 229,398 patients - nearly half suffered from Hong Kong Foot, while 25,233 people suffered from stress, insomnia and anxiety.

Bangkok City and the Office of Vocational Education Commission (OVEC) will dispatch 300 vocational students to repair the damaged houses and appliance at 27 floodhit communities, starting from November 9. The OVEC, which had 46 boats and 365 floating toilets in ready to assist flood victims, was making 1,000 more floating toilets to complete next week. Bangkok's 1,200 families were reputedly affected by flood, while 1,766 rai of farmland belonged to 192 farmers were damaged.

In Angthong's Muang district, the Princess Pa Foundation has set up a mobile kitchen to cook 2,400 sets of food for flood victims in tambon Ban Ree, Ban Id and Hua Ror Community. In Nakhon Ratchasima's Maung district, Thai singer/actor Ratthaphum "Film" Torkongsap, in his capacity of a presenter of Habitat for Humanity Foundation (Thailand), along with RS Promotion artists handed out 500 relief bags to and cooked stir fired noodle for floodhit Ban Bumakha Community residents.

-- The Nation 2010-10-30

[sirchai]

The institute would soon encourage Thais to learn how to swim.

Guess great news for all...........................:jap:

[Robby nz]

The institute would soon encourage Thais to learn how to swim.

Guess great news for all...........................:jap:

Always some Thai basher got to have a pick at everything.

This flooding is a serious thing.

Here in Singburi a big part of the place is under water, some chest deep, with a lot of flooded houses.

Many families camped on the side of the road with all their gear, some barely above water.

River is at 13m and still rising although only by one CM today.

Only thing thats keeping it from flooding the CBD are banks of many thousands of sandbags, some over 2m high.

Authorities are doing a great job.

So instead of knocking what is really a reasonable statement as the ability to swim would probably have saved some lives.

Think of what you can do to help.

[jcbangkok]

Meteorological Department warned the temperature in the Northeast, Central and Eastern regions would drop by 23 Degree Celsius this period,

Sounds like people need to prepare for near zero night time temps.