Heavy Rain Triggers Flood In Thailand's Southern Provinces

[webfact]

Heavy rain triggers flood in southern provinces

TRANG, Nov 23 - Flooding in Thailand’s southern province of Trang is spreading to cover wider areas because of heavy rain, with some villages under more than one metre of water, and many schools have been forced to close for the second day due to deep flooding.

Forest run-off has inundated Na Yong Tai sub-district in the provincial seat, and floodwater is 0.30 to 1.20 metres deep.

Strong waterflows Khlong Nang Noi in Khok Lo sub-district has eroded the embankment and threatened homes along the canal now at risk of collapsing into the waterway.

The Trang River has risen by one metre, putting five sub-districts--Huai Tot’s Lamphu Ra, Wang Wiset’s Saba, and the provincial seat’s Na Ta Luang, Na Yong Tai and Bang Rak are at risk areas that could experience flash flooding.

Provincial authorities have readied flat-bottom boats to promptly transport assistance to flood victims.

In Songkhla, the waters of Khling U-Tapao overflowed to flood a rubber plantation at Ban Thung Charorn in Tung Lan of Khlong Hoi Khong. The owners feared the flood would remain in the plantation for a long period and the rubber trees might die.

Provincial authorities are closely monitoring the flood situation and forest run-off that could trigger landslides.

In nearby Phatthalung province, 500 households in Mae Khari sub-district of Tamot district were affected by forest run-off after three days of rain.

The authorities prepared three pumps and 24-hour monitoring of the water situation to prevent forest run-off from flooding in business districts and other economic areas.

Flooding also reportedly hit Nakhon Si Thammarat as heavy rain across the Taloompuk peninsula felled many large trees.

The Meteorological Department on Wednesday issued a warning of heavy rain, strong winds, and high waves in southern Thailand.

The agency said that today and tomorrow (Nov 23-24), the strong northeast monsoon prevails over the Gulf and southern Thailand. Heavy rain is likely on the southeast coast from Surat Thani southward.

Residents of at risk areas in the foothills near waterways and the lowlands should be aware of forest floods and other flooding. The provinces that were under close watch were Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung’ Songkhla, Pattani, Yala, Narathiwat, Trang and Satun.

Waves in the Gulf of Thailand are expected to reach 2-3 metres high. All ships should proceed with caution and small boats keep ashore during the period, it warned. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2011-11-23

[Soutpeel]

"Waves in the Gulf of Thailand are expected to reach 2-3 metres high. All ships should proceed with caution and small boats keep ashore during the period, it warned. (MCOT online news)"

Its actually predicted to reach 4.5m mid-gulf on Thursday or Friday

[Buchholz]

with some villages under more than one metre of water

many schools have been forced to close

threatened homes along the canal now at risk of collapsing into the waterway.

The owners feared the flood would remain in the plantation for a long period and the rubber trees might die.

500 households in Mae Khari sub-district of Tamot district were affected

Flooding also reportedly hit Nakhon Si Thammarat

Residents of at risk areas in the foothills near waterways and the lowlands should be aware

An opportunity for Yingluck and her FROC to have learned from their upcountry mistakes and make some good choices to assist in the latest floods.

Redemption is hers for the taking.

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[Soutpeel]

An opportunity for Yingluck and her FROC to have learned from their upcountry mistakes....

.....The tug boats and EM balls are on their way to Songkhla,

Well maybe there is a market for all those second hand sand bags sitting in BKk ?

[webfact]

Flash flood risk areas announced in Trang's Huayod-Wangwiset-Muang Trang districts /TANN

Flood hits Nakhon Si Thammarat as heavy rain across Taloompuk peninsula fells large trees; Forest runoff inundates Phatthalung /MCOT

Acting Pattalung gov says all amphoes in 40 tambons are flooded, but not as severe yet, no area has been cut off or unreachable so far /TANN

[jimbeam1]

with some villages under more than one metre of water

many schools have been forced to close

threatened homes along the canal now at risk of collapsing into the waterway.

The owners feared the flood would remain in the plantation for a long period and the rubber trees might die.

500 households in Mae Khari sub-district of Tamot district were affected

Flooding also reportedly hit Nakhon Si Thammarat

Residents of at risk areas in the foothills near waterways and the lowlands should be aware

An opportunity for Yingluck and her FROC to have learned from their upcountry mistakes and make some good choices to assist in the latest floods.

Redemption is hers for the taking.

.

+1 Couldn't have put it better

[sparebox2]

If the South wants YS help, they better start voting for her & PT.

To my knowledge, there is no PT MP(s) in the South.

[Mosha]

Where my sister in law had a salon in Hat Yai. There was a tide mark 3 metres from the floor. That was from Thaksin's era, so trying to blame the Abhisit era is a bit lame.

[kutjebu]

with some villages under more than one metre of water

many schools have been forced to close

threatened homes along the canal now at risk of collapsing into the waterway.

The owners feared the flood would remain in the plantation for a long period and the rubber trees might die.

500 households in Mae Khari sub-district of Tamot district were affected

Flooding also reportedly hit Nakhon Si Thammarat

Residents of at risk areas in the foothills near waterways and the lowlands should be aware

An opportunity for Yingluck and her FROC to have learned from their upcountry mistakes and make some good choices to assist in the latest floods.

Redemption is hers for the taking.

.

This happen all over Asia each year including China.You must blame that on Yingluck as well.

[whybother]

This happen all over Asia each year including China.You must blame that on Yingluck as well.

Who's blaming Yingluck for the flooding down south (or in China)?

[baboon]

This happen all over Asia each year including China.You must blame that on Yingluck as well.

Who's blaming Yingluck for the flooding down south (or in China)?

Be patient. Give it a while....

[Buchholz]

This happen all over Asia each year including China.You must blame that on Yingluck as well.

Who's blaming Yingluck for the flooding down south (or in China)?

No one but the Yingluck defenders

[tourismloving]

Announced by: TAT News

Date of published: November 23, 2011

Other Provinces in Thailand

Most provinces in Thailand were not affected by the flood. No provinces in the south, north, and northeast of Thailand are affected by the flood. The flooding has subsided in most of the central provinces including Ang Thong, and Chai Nat. Cleanup operations are underway.

Provinces in the central area not affected by the floods:

Chanthaburi

Ratchaburi

Chachoengsao

Rayong

Chon Buri (Pattaya)

Samut Prakan

Kanchanaburi

Samut Songkhram

Lop Buri

Sa Kaeo

Nakhon Nayok

Saraburi

Phetchaburi (Cha Am)

Suphanburi

Prachuap Khiri Khan (Hua Hin)

Singburi

Prachin Buri

Trat (Ko Chang)

[givenall]

Ops the sSuth is fxxked just like the North due to thegovernment flood prevention policies

[Thai at Heart]

It rains, it floods......

How many years ago did it last flood in this part of Thailand? 2 years ago, wasn't part of the south up to its neck in water? And the authorities did precisely what to possibly prevent something happening like this again?

NOTHING....

[Buchholz]

An opportunity for Yingluck and her FROC to have learned from their upcountry mistakes and make some good choices to assist in the latest floods.

Redemption is hers for the taking.

Considering the poor response to the Southern floods during the previous Abhisit administration, the current administration doesn't need to do much to demonstrate a superior response.

I was posting in reference to hoping her response is superior to her response to the central Thailand floods for which there is much need.

Opportunity is knocking. Will she answer the door?

.

[TomTao]

It rains, it floods......

How many years ago did it last flood in this part of Thailand? 2 years ago, wasn't part of the south up to its neck in water? And the authorities did precisely what to possibly prevent something happening like this again?

NOTHING....

[whybother]

It rains, it floods......

How many years ago did it last flood in this part of Thailand? 2 years ago, wasn't part of the south up to its neck in water? And the authorities did precisely what to possibly prevent something happening like this again?

NOTHING....

Wasn't it last year?

[TomTao]

I was down south in Trang and four other provinces in september this year with a team of Christian doctors who come out twice a year from the U.S twice a year to conduct free medical clinics, we were one step ahead of floods that hit doqn there all the way, we were almost trapped twice. You cannot blame any single administration for the floods, it is a culmination poor policy possibly affected by some level of corruption in multiple administrations, farming practices and a general lack of ability to learn from an anual occurance.

Edited November 23, 2011 by TomTao

[Ricardo]

If the South wants YS help, they better start voting for her & PT.

To my knowledge, there is no PT MP(s) in the South.

Your post may engender a curious sense of deja-vu, for some of us who recall the 'good old days', of the Thaksin-era.

If (as claimed) some equipment was sent, from the South, to assist with flood-control in the capital or further-North, then the government would surely not be so churlish or partisan, as to fail to return the equipment or help, whatever the political-persuasion of the flood-victims ?

[sbk]

If the South wants YS help, they better start voting for her & PT.

To my knowledge, there is no PT MP(s) in the South.

Your post may engender a curious sense of deja-vu, for some of us who recall the 'good old days', of the Thaksin-era.

If (as claimed) some equipment was sent, from the South, to assist with flood-control in the capital or further-North, then the government would surely not be so churlish or partisan, as to fail to return the equipment or help, whatever the political-persuasion of the flood-victims ?

Weirdly, I always thought elected officials were supposed to represent all of their constituents, not just the ones who voted for them.

[satiariyan]

^What politicians should do doesn't alway match what they are doing.

Edited November 24, 2011 by satiariyan

[satiariyan]

If the South wants YS help, they better start voting for her & PT.

To my knowledge, there is no PT MP(s) in the South.

I'm not sure of that advice - it didn't seem to help anyone living more than a few kilometers north of Sukhumvit, regardless of voting. Better advice them to abondon ship and move to inner Bangkok - or perhaps occupy Suvarnabhumi or industrial estates if they prefer to live in the middle of a natural flood runoff areas.

[Logarhythm]

It rains, it floods......

How many years ago did it last flood in this part of Thailand? 2 years ago, wasn't part of the south up to its neck in water? And the authorities did precisely what to possibly prevent something happening like this again?

NOTHING....

Wasn't it last year?

Actually, it was in late March and early April of this year. Nakhon Si Thammarat had its worst floods in 30 years, while many people died in Krabi province due to flash flooding and mudslides. Totally out of season as well.

Edited November 24, 2011 by Logarhythm

[kohphangan]

It rains, it floods......

How many years ago did it last flood in this part of Thailand? 2 years ago, wasn't part of the south up to its neck in water? And the authorities did precisely what to possibly prevent something happening like this again?

NOTHING....

Wasn't it last year?

Actually, it was in late March and early April of this year. Nakhon Si Thammarat had its worst floods in 30 years, while many people died in Krabi province due to flash flooding and mudslides. Totally out of season as well.

You beat me to it..... Your dates are correct.

End of March we had 10 days of rain that caused more damage to Koh phangan than i have seen in 8 Monsoons.

Hardly a property survived without some kind of damage,from interior damage,to complete resorts being destroyed.

Suratthani was a disaster area,with all roads cut off,no food could reach the island of Koh phangan. I myself was cut off at the beach i live at with 4m waves smashing the resorts,our relief road which is 4x4 only had turned into a river.

The staff made a last attempt to get people out by cutting through the jungle,this route can normally be achieved in about 1hr..... It took them 8hrs to get to the main town of Tong sala where they sat it out for 6 days as no boats were leaving the island. The 1st boat to leave the island was the Navy. Myself and 10 others decided to stick it out at the beach. One who as become a good friend a writer of travel books was one of the 10 others,his visa had expired no way out,noway to leave the island.

After 10 days and the 1st day boats were leaving to Ko Samui he walked 4km before catching a lift to Tong Sala,made his way over to Ko samui immigration. With a hand written letter in Thai from the owner of the resort, video footage of the 4m waves to leave the beach,the 2km walk through the jungle that was now a river also filmed..... Wait for it!!! They charged him for overstay!!

It was impossible to get there other than maybe a private helicopter.......How sad is this ?

Beware Thailand as said he is a recognized travel writer...... And knowing him this story "WILL" get published

Good luck with Tourism Thailand, You charged the wrong man who comes to Thailand almost every year when he showed it was impossible to get there...

All this took place during our dry season!! We have to except that not just Thailand but the WORLD is not as we knew it

[ResX]

^What politicians should do doesn't alway match what they are doing.

Yes. Simply because they have freedom to do so and majority of their voters don't bother about it.

[toybits]

This just shows that the effect of climate change does not descriminte. Everyone is affected - no matter where you are on th planet.

[DocN]

This happen all over Asia each year including China.You must blame that on Yingluck as well.

Who's blaming Yingluck for the flooding down south (or in China)?

Be patient. Give it a while....

+1

[Ricardo]

If the South wants YS help, they better start voting for her & PT.

To my knowledge, there is no PT MP(s) in the South.

Your post may engender a curious sense of deja-vu, for some of us who recall the 'good old days', of the Thaksin-era.

If (as claimed) some equipment was sent, from the South, to assist with flood-control in the capital or further-North, then the government would surely not be so churlish or partisan, as to fail to return the equipment or help, whatever the political-persuasion of the flood-victims ?

Weirdly, I always thought elected officials were supposed to represent all of their constituents, not just the ones who voted for them.

Surely that's contrary to TRT/PPP/PTP party-policy, and we're all aware or oft-told told that PTP had a massive landslide victory with 125% of the vote, so it would be immoral to help the wicked misled southerners, when the gods wreak their justified punishment upon them ... erm ... let them eat cake, or donated goods relabeled 'a present from the UAE' ?

Cue further posts about how you're only 'true poor', if you happen to reside in the NW or NE, and these people down-South should all go home, if they don't vote the right way ?

[Buchholz]

Three Nakhon Si Thammarat districts declared disaster zones

The Nakhon Si Thammarat provincial administration Friday declared three of its districts disaster zones following severe flooding.

Thanet Konghom, chief of the Nakhon Si Thammarat disaster prevention and mitigation office, said the provincial administration declared Cha-uad, Nobpitam and Phraprom districts disaster zones.

-- The Nation 2011-11-25

Edited November 26, 2011 by Scott
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