Chiang Mai, Phichit On Alert For Deluge

[Lite Beer]

Chiang Mai, Phichit on alert for deluge

CHIANG MAI, Sept 3 – Several districts in this northern province have been on alert since early Monday morning for possible floods due to heavy downpours.

Disaster Prevention and Relief officials in the province reported that a bridge and roads in a village of Mae-on district were damaged by floods, measured at some 135mm, after a heavy rainfall from Sunday night to early Monday morning. A relief team was dispatched to help villagers.

In Mae-ai district, the volume of rainfall was measured 128.8mm and a landslide was reported in Santisuk village. Residents in five districts--Fang, Chiang Dao, Prao, Mae Wang and Hang Dong--were warned to be on a 24-hour alert after heavy rainfalls in the North.

In another northern province of Pichit, residents in four districts near Phetchabun mountain range were instructed to be prepared for possible forest deluges and soil slides.

Relief officials and equipment have been ready to provide assistance to residents in Sak Lek, Wangsaipoon, Nap Klor and Dong Charoen in case of disaster. (MCOT online news)

-- TNA 2012-09-03

[Pimay1]

There has to be some mistake. PM Yingluck and her trusted PTP advisors have emphatically stated publicly there will be no floods in Thailand this year. And before the YS apologists jump my case about flash floods, this was a blanket statement with no qualifications from the adminstration. Another reason to put brain in gear before engaging mouth.

[Thailand]

There has to be some mistake. PM Yingluck and her trusted PTP advisors have emphatically stated publicly there will be no floods in Thailand this year. And before the YS apologists jump my case about flash floods, this was a blanket statement with no qualifications from the adminstration. Another reason to put brain in gear before engaging mouth.

Edited September 3, 2012 by Thailand

[Rob8891]

There has to be some mistake. PM Yingluck and her trusted PTP advisors have emphatically stated publicly there will be no floods in Thailand this year. And before the YS apologists jump my case about flash floods, this was a blanket statement with no qualifications from the adminstration. Another reason to put brain in gear before engaging mouth.

It has nothing to do with being a Yingluck apologist. It has everything to do with common sense... the over-optimistic "no floods" comments were made in reference to the intended flood prevention schemes (probably around BKK). Maybe you would be well advised to heed your own last sentence, because it is getting so tedious to read yet another instance of this type of response every time there is the mention of flashfloods.

Yawn.