Disaster Zone In Chumphon

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Disaster zone in Chumphon

CHUMPHON: -- Continuous heavy rains that have caused severe floods in three districts of Chumphon affecting over 1,000 families and damaging around 20 roads, have led the governor to declare the area a disaster zone and call for immediate relief work to begin.

Governor Pinai Anantapong said the authorities had responded by coming to the aid of villagers affected in the area, which has experienced heavy downpours since Friday, causing flash-floods across the province.

Some 600 families have been affected and 14 roads damaged in Muang district, while Tha Sae district saw 500 houses affected by the flooding and 16 roads and three bridges damaged, Pinai said. He said two houses in Pathiu district had been totally destroyed and a kilometre-long stretch of Petchkasem Highway had been inundated by 25-centimetre-deep water.

Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department has warned that although the low-pressure area has moved westwards away from Thailand, heavy rains and possible flash-floods could still affect flood-prone areas in the South including Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phattalung, Songkhla, Ranong and Phang Nga.

The report warned fishermen of powerful waves and advised small ships not to sail today.

--The Nation 2005-10-23

[Jai Dee]

ASSISTANCE IS BEING PROVIDED TO FLOOD-STRICKEN RESIDENTS OF CHUMPHON

Latest reports still indicate rising water level at Tha Sae (ท่าแซะ) District, Chumphon Province, while the permanent secretary of the provincial administration has facilitated evacuation of residents in the District due to the continually rising flood level.

The water level at the Pathomphorn (ปฐมพร) intersection is reportedly too high for cars to pass, and commuters had to take alternate routes to avoid the downtown area.

Chumphon Permanent Secretary Weera Sriwatthanatrakoon (วีระ ศรีวัฒนตระกูล) had led officials in dispatching assistance via flat bottom boats, and evacuated residents in Nagatam (นากะตาม) Subdistrict in Tha Sae District due to the increasing water level in that locality.

Source: thaisnews.com ประจำวันอาทิตย์ที่ 23 ตุลาคม 2548

[Jai Dee]

FLOOD WATER IN CHUMPHORN PROVINCE HAS RECEDED

Chumphorn Governor PHINAI ANANTAPHONG (พินัย อนันตพงศ์) has announced that the flood water level in the province has receded.

Mr. PHINAI explained that the flood in Chumporn was more of the quick-flood, quick-recession case, leaving damages behind. He said the concern now was to implement measures to protect the economic zone of the province, or the municipal area. However the area is now considered safe. Meanwhile damages in outlying parts are currently being rapidly assessed.

Preliminary damages can be summed up as follow:

161 villages in Muang (เมือง) District have been seriously affected, with 1,200 residents being thrown into despair. Most of these people are not able to stay in their homes and currently have to sleep in tents put up temporarily on roads.

11 villages were hit by the flood in Sawee (สวี) District, where 5,068 people had been affected. Meanwhile Patiew (ปะทิว) District saw damages to 180 roads and 20 villages. Finally, 19 villages were hit in Ta Sae (ท่าแซะ) District and 47 roads were damaged.

Source: thaisnews.com ประจำวันจันทร์ที่ 24 ตุลาคม 2548

[Jai Dee]

INTERIOR MINISTER HAS MENTIONED THAT THE FLOOD SITUATION IN RATCHABURI IS STILL WORRYING

The Minister of Interior said that the flood situation in RATCHABURI (ราชบุรี) province is still a matter of concern, and that the floodwater in CHUMPHON (ชุมพร) and PRACHUAP KIRI KHAN (ประจวบคีรีขันธ์ ) provinces has receded.

Minister of Interior KONGSAK WANTHANA (คงศักดิ์ วันทนา ) talked about the flood situation that the most worrying province is Ratchaburi while the floodwater in Chumphon has already declined.

He said that he will visit Chumphon province today (27/10/2005) to assist flood victims and later will travel to HUA HIN (หัวหิน) district to inspect the flood situation. A meeting will be arrange for him where he will be briefed on the flood situations in Kanchanaburi(กาญจนบุรี) and Ratchaburi provinces.

Source: thaisnews.com ประจำวันพฤหัสบดีที่ 27 ตุลาคม 2548