Thailand Live Monday 24 Oct 2011

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Useful contact numbers:

TAT Call Center: 1672

Thai Airways: +66 (0) 2356 1111

Bangkok Airways: +66 (0) 2265 8777 Twitter: @bangkok_airways

AirAsia: +66 (0) 2515 9999

Nok Air: 1318 or +66 (0) 2900 9955

State Railway of Thailand (SRT) Call Center: 1690

Transport Co.,Ltd. Hotline: (inter-provincial bus service) 1490

Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand: 1669

Highway Hotline: 1586

Royal Irrigation Department Hotline: 1460

Highway Police: 1193

Flood Relief Operations Center: 1111 ext 5, +66 (0) 2504 3248-51

Bangkok Metropolitan Administration: 1555

Source: Foreign Office, The Government Public Relations Department

http://thailand.prd.go.th/view_around_thailand.php?id=5923

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Picture of flood gates inside the MRT subway station on Sukhumwit http://twitter.com/sunit/status/128304734762315778/photo/1 /via @sunit /via@RichardBarrow

9.55 Pic of Phahonyothin Soi 54/1, Sai Mai http://yfrog.com/kl30bvoj (via @js100radio ) /via@Porpich

BKK governor will hold press conference on flood situation at 10.30am at city hall /via@tukky_nt /via@pr_bangkok

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24/10 9:50am Water is 50cm-high in front of Don Muang police station. #ThaiFloodEng via @news1005fm /via@Tulip_Oum

Bkk governor to hold press con in about 20 mins. /via @pr_bangkok

10.10am: Don Mueang Air Force Base, Phaholyothin Rd: http://yfrog.com/gz93nccj /via@Reporter_Js1 @js100radio /via@tukky_nt

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24/10 ANNOUNCEMENT: Want to evacuate elders or patients. Contact canoe team for accessing the narrow space (Bew) 085-816-2123.

10.10am High flooded on Sirindhorn Rd. in front of TangHuaSeng dpt store. Vehicles can't pass (via @fm91trafficpro) /via @Tulip_Oum

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UN has warned that flood-ravaged Southeast Asian countries could face food shortage. /via@tulsathit /via@thepchaiyong

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10.30 Chaeng Wattana Rd. from Prapa canal to Government Center is flooded by 30 cm. (via @thaiflood ) /via@Porpich

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Patong residents win with landslide victory

Officials avoid the boulders of one of the construction site landslides on

their way up to investigate the area set aside for the Guanyin statue.

Photo: Atchaa Khamlo

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Bkk governor: No additional area to declare emergency. But close watch & immediate warning to be given if things change. @news1005fm:

Bkk governor says the 6 districts on emergency list still face critical situation.

RT @tukky_nt: 10.40am: BKK governor: FROC must be safe from flood as long as PM wants the centre to be at Don Mueang

Bkk governor also vows to do his best to help FROC, its HQ facing flood threat, keep on functioning.

Also important is to protect royal residence areas: Bkk governor

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BKK Gov calls for volunteers to help build flood barrier in Sai Mai to enforce Hok Wa Canal. /TAN_Network

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AFP: Bangkok braces for unstoppable flood waters

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Bkk governor says BMA's working with eastern industrial estates to reinforce flood walls. /via@suthichai

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It appears the most significant thing in Bkk govr's statement is the easing a little bit of BMA-govt politics.Hope I'm right. /via@tulsathit

FLASH: Evacuees from Thammasat Rangsit will be moved to Muak Lek sport centre, Sara Buri. volunteers needed. /via@yoware

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11.00 Pic of Cheang Wattana Rd. from Klong Prapa intersection to Big C http://yfrog.com/gyclwfyj ( @js100radio ) /via@Porpich

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PM Meets with Officials at FROC

The premier arrives at the Flood Relief Operations Center at 10.30 AM this morning ready to meet with flood officials about the increasing risk of flood that is threatening to inundate various parts of Bangkok.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra arrived at the Flood Relief Operations Center (FROC) at about 10.30 AM this morning. She's scheduled to meet with related officials and agencies about the flood situation in Bangkok and nearby metropolitan areas. The premier is expected to be stationed at the FROC at Don Muang Airport today with no schedule to visit flood hit areas.

All eyes are on the premier's next strategy after both the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (midnight, Oct 23) and FROC (Oct 24, 5AM) issued a serious warning for residents in Don Mueang, Laksi, Bangkhen, Chatuchak, Bangsue and Saimai to relocate children, the elderly and their valuables to higher grounds.

-- Tan Network 2011-10-24

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Thanyaburi Prison urgently relocating 2,200 inmates to prisons in Kampaheng Phet, Phitsanulok & Tak /via @thai101

Many prisoners from Ayutthaya were evacuated to Thanyaburi after the floods. Now again to already overcrowded prisons.

Prisons in flooded areas suffering from shortage of food & water. Many prisoners coming down with diarrhea

/via@RichardBarrow

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PM Yingluck to invite Bkk gov Sukhumbhand to participate in flood management committee meeting this afternoon. /TAN_Network

11.20 High flooded on Kanchanapisek - Bang Kruay Rd., small vehicles can't pass (via @Voice_TV ) /via@Porpich

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11.20 Already flooded in front of Air Force Base at Don Muang (via @Voice_TV ) /via@Porpich

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Hok Wa Communities Begin to Relocate

Communities near the Hok Wa Canal have begun to relocate and move their belongings to high ground as water continues to rise from the ground flooding the Sai Mai School.

The level of water at Hok Wa Canal continues to rise despite the authorities' best efforts to raise and strengthen the flood barriers along both sides of the canal. At 11AM (Oct 24), the flood barriers now stand at approximately 1.5 meters, which is approximately 20-30 cm above the water level.

However, water has begun to leak pass the sandbags and into nearby communities including the Sai Mai School. Officials are doing their best to drain the water out of the school. Meanwhile, residents living in communities near the Hok Wa Canal have begun to relocate and move their belongings to the second floor of higher ground.

-- Tan Network 2011-10-24

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Klong Prem overflowing into Don Mueang district, flooding Phaholyothin, Vibhavadi-Rangsit roads /MCOT

11.30 Water overflows Sirindhorn Rd. inbound from Bang Kruay by 30 cm. for 1 km. Small vehicles can't pass (via @Rawangpai ) /via@Porpich

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24/10 11am (1) Flood situation at Changwattana Rd, Klong Prapa,water level is stable,the road is accessible by small vehicles. /

24/10 11am (2) Vipawadee Rd is flooded around Donmuang airport, the water level is 10cm higher than yesterday. /via @news1005fm

/via@ThaiFloodEng

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11.28 Pic in front of Si Mum Muang market in Rangsit which's flooded by waist level http://yfrog.com/nut63xj (via @Voice_TV ) /via@Porpich

Picture of the "dry" road outside Don Muang - RT @NokAirlines: ดอนเมือง http://lockerz.com/s/149834743 /via@RichardBarrow

From central BKK to Chaeng Wattana at Nitchada, bone dry. No water visible until river at Pakkret Pier /via@RichardBarrow /via@thaicam

11.44 Songprapa Rd. in/outbound flooded by 30-40 cm. Small vehicles shouldn't pass yfrog.com/h66ogofj (via @js100radio ) /via@Porpich

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First sign of impassable flooding is after Rama 4 Bridge after Pakkret. /via2@thaicam

BKK governor: City Hall to prevent FROC Hq at Don Mueang Airport from flooding; to review protective measures for royal compounds /MCOT

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Shelves at Central World Mall food in BKK well stocked except for water and noodles. /via@KristieKenney:

11.50 Traffic-jammed on Borommaratchachonnani Rd. inbound due to flooding on Sirindhorn Rd. (via @js100radio ) /via@Porpich

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Phuket residents reclaim robbers' loot

Suspects (from left) Sarawut Suporn, Teerachart Chankon and

Kriangsak Jintapakun. Photo: Warisa Temram

Local residents try to identify if any of the items seized were

stolen from their home. Photo: Warisa Temram

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11.55 Vibhavadi Rd. in/outbound is flooded by 30 cm. #ThaiFlood (via @Rawangpai ) /via@Porpich

24/10 11.16 Wat Suan Keaw need 6-wheel or 10-wheel trucks to transfer dogs, call Tum (083) 1362519 via @Am_jang

12pm At this moment you can pass through Don Muang as normal. No need to worry /via@NokAirlines /via@RichardBarrow

Flooded roads prevent access to shelter in Muak Lek, Saraburi. Main problem at Rajamangala Stadium is lack of drinking water. /TAN_Network

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Highways in 65 provinces flooded between July 30 - Oct 24, estimated Bt5 billion damage: highways department /MCOT

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Air Force opens 4 shelters to accommodate up to 700 people - Call 081-173-1513 or 02-534-3830-1 /via @ThaiPBS /via@veen_NT

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AFP: Seven dead in Thai south attacks: police

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Plodprasop: disaster warning requires ultimate truth and longest possible time for ppl to prepare. /via @MrNaling

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Thai PM Yingluck: FROC Never Conceals Info from Public

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Don Muang toll way Lak Si exit is closed due to the floods. via @policespokesman via@veen_NT

Air Force opens four shelters to accommodate up to 700 people - Call 081-173-1513 or 02-534-3830. /via@nationnews

PathumThani Police help relocate 4k evacuees from TU Rangsit to HuaMak, 200 ppl stranded at Thanyarak Hospital in Pathum Thani. /TAN_Network

1:01pm Sand for sale at the end of Nawamin Soi 55 -- must fill bags yourself. 25 bt/bag. /via @fm91trafficpro