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Level of Chao Phraya tipped to rise in Nakhon Sawan over coming days

By The Nation on Sunday

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As floods still affected 12 provinces, officials at the Royal Irrigation Department's Computing Centre for the Water Situation said yesterday the flow rate of the Chao Phraya River in Nakhon Sawan would rise to 2,300-2,400 cubic metres per second in the next three-to-five days due to a subtropical ridge hovering over the North and Northeast.

As of yesterday at 6am, Nakhon Sawan reported the river flowing at 2,196 cubic metres per second and the level was 1.52 metres lower than the river banks.

The RID limited water running through the Chao Phraya Dam so it was under 2,000 cubic metres per second.

This meant low-lying areas along the river in Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Angthong and Ayutthaya would face increases of about 10cm-15cm from the current water level for four-to-five days.

Angthong governor Wisawa Sasisamit yesterday declared Pa Moke, Mueang, Chaiyo, Pho Thong and Wiset Chai Chan districts flood disaster zones.

In Phitsanulok, hardest-hit Bang Rakam district residents developed severe stress from suffering flood conditions, and 2 per cent of them were at risk of committing suicide, provincial public health officer Dr Boonterm Tansurat said yesterday.

The area's mobile medical teams' 21 visits treated a total of 6,047 patients, most of whom suffered from rashes, wounds and stress, he added.

Mueang district's ancient wall was also partially eroded due to strong currents of flood water, while Nan River in the district was now at 10.10 meters - still below the major flood in September 1995's level of 10.51 meters - and the Yom River continued to rise at 5cm per day, which was expected to pass the 1995 flood's level in four days.

Meanwhile, 300,000 rai of farm land in Sukhothai's Sri Samrong, Kong Krailat and Mueang districts were submerged and another 20,000 rai were at risk.

In related news, forest floods from Doi Nang Non in Chiang Rai's Mae Chan district swept away a two-year-old boy who was walking along the waterway to see his grandma at a nearby home yesterday morning.

In Phichit, the body of a 53-year-old man was found entangled in fish net in two-metre-deep floodwater on Friday night after he went fishing in flooded rice fields.

The officials' examination said he died from drowning, probably after getting a cramp. The death brought the flood toll in Phichit to three.

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-- The Nation 2011-08-21

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In Phitsanulok, hardest-hit Bang Rakam district residents developed severe stress from suffering flood conditions, and 2 per cent of them were at risk of committing suicide, provincial public health officer Dr Boonterm Tansurat said yesterday.

There is about 18000 people in Bang Rakam did Dr. Boonterm call all these people or did 360 people call in with the threat of suicide? Or is this a village of 100 people within the Bang Rakam district with 1 person threatning suicide?

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