Plodprasop: Floods in East 'will last 6 weeks'

[webfact]

Floods in East 'will last 6 weeks'
The Nation



Flooding in the eastern provinces looks likely to drag on till the end of November.

BANGKOK: -- The grim prediction has arisen even though the East will not face the full wrath of the storm Nari, which is heading to the Northeast. Latest weather forecasts suggest the storm may bring just isolated heavy rain to the region.

"The volume of excess water (in the East) is now around 870 million cubic metres," Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi said yesterday in his capacity as chair of the Water and Flood Management Commission. He believed drainage operations would have to run throughout this and next month to clear all the excess water.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited two heavily flooded provinces in the region yesterday.

Prachin Buri has been struggling with floods for more than a month already. Many local villages were marooned amid high floodwaters as of press time.

With run-off water from Prachin Buri, the adjacent and seaside province of Chachoengsao has been flooded also.

Plodprasop said the high tide was a major obstacle to drainage operations. The main drainage channel is the Bang Pakong River, which drains into the sea. But its water level is now quite high too.

However, Plodprasop was confident that floodwater from Chachoengsao would not spill into eastern Bangkok.

The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said 45 provinces had been flooded since September 19. And some 61 people had died in flood-related death in that time.

Several of the flooded provinces are in the Northeast, which is set to face the wrath of 'Nari'.

Floodwater levels at worst-hit spots in Phimai in Nakhon Ratchasima were more than one metre deep yesterday. Some residents needed to evacuate, while others stayed put and travelled around by boat.


-- The Nation 2013-10-16

[webfact]

21 provinces still flooded; storm & high tide loom large in the Northeast

BANGKOK, 16 October 2013 (NNT) – Authorities reported that flooding still persists in 21 provinces with most parts of the Northeast prone to impacts from Typhoon Nari, which made landfall in Danang, Vietnam, today and has downgraded to a low pressure cell while moving west to northeastern Thailand.

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) reported that although the inundation has improved in 22 provinces, 21 others are still faced with flooding. Death toll has risen to 61.

Meanwhile, the director of the National Disaster Warning Center (NDWC), Gp.Capt. Somsak Khaosuwan, said a close watch is still paid to Chachoengsao province which, as a downstream area, is absorbing water from Sa Kaeo and Prachinburi provinces. It is expected that the water level in Chachoengsao will remain stable and gradually recede. It may take 1-2 weeks for the situation in Chachoengsao to become normal due to the curvy shape of Bang Pakong River that slows down the flow of water. Additionally, some provinces in the northeastern region i.e. Ubon Ratchathani, Bueng Kan, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, and Amnat Charoen might be affected by the Nari tropical storm.

Besides, high tide is expected during 16-21 October. As there will be no rain in the upcoming week, impacts will not be dramatic. However, it is advisable for people who live outside the irrigation zone to still not putting their belonging back on the ground until the end of 21 October, said the NDWC director.


-- NNT 2013-10-16

[doremifasol]

The orange rain boots are only available to the "chosen" ones?

Cheap!

[NongKhaiKid]

I suppose Mr. " Under Control " knows exactly since Mother Nature is now on his payroll and won't make a fool of him again since he's more than capable of making a fool of himself.

[Local Drunk]

If only I could find condoms in orange that size!

[clockman]

So Plod is god! he can proclaim 6 weeks, I would love to know how he connects to this Shin family? He must know where the bodies are buried!

[Thait Spot]

"21 provinces still flooded; storm & high tide loom large in the Northeast"

High tides in the north east? We're all doomed!

[Local Drunk]

Floods in East 'will last 6 weeks'

I'm so relieved to know that... I feel so much better now.

[gemini81]

Where are the mulberry boots??! Are they already out of style? C'mon, fashion is all that matters!

Edited October 16, 2013 by gemini81

[h90]

bring in the pumps that Thaksin bought for us in Korea.

[robblok]

Poor people.

They should be handing out those boots or wading suits, if I had one of those life would have been so much easier in 2011. I bought a wading suit in 2012 so far did not have to use it. But prices of boots and stuff like that were crazy around that time every one was trying to make a buck.

But if your not flooded too badly boots like that can make life so much easier on water logged shopping trips and so on.

[EyesWideOpen]

bring in the pumps that Thaksin bought for us in Korea.

I always wondered what happened to those famous pumps....... Media in the western world would have had

a field day with that story. Here it just quietly faded away with no followup by the Thai media whatsoever.

In the real world, follow up is a critical part of any story ,principally to show resolution or to fix blame.

Here that does not exist, since it seems no here is really to blame for anything....

[noitom]

He draws deputy prime minister and benefits pay for years and years to make proclamations.

[h90]

bring in the pumps that Thaksin bought for us in Korea.

I always wondered what happened to those famous pumps....... Media in the western world would have had

a field day with that story. Here it just quietly faded away with no followup by the Thai media whatsoever.

In the real world, follow up is a critical part of any story ,principally to show resolution or to fix blame.

Here that does not exist, since it seems no here is really to blame for anything....

Reading European media every day, I must say they lost a lot of quality in the last 15 years. I doubt they would follow up on the story, as they don't really follow up on other important stories.

The only who follow up are alternative medias and they are lack of money and often to weird to take seriously.

[GAZZPA]

"There is nothing to fear, all the flood preventions are in place, the money has been spent wisely and everything will be ok. We have positioned boats along the water and we will use their propellers to push the water in the other direction if it rises too high,,, nothing to see here, it will all be ok, do not worry"

How soon it is all forgotten as she slips on the bright orange waders and does her best to look concerned whilst standing in brown, crappy water. The weather forecast also looks bleak, more of the same to come I guess.

[asdecas]

But don't I recall a certain miniature ex-PM saying just the other day that the floods would be finished within a week. Or was I dreaming?

[fareastguy]

The orange rain boots are only available to the "chosen" ones?

Cheap!

Should they happen to go "tits up" they can easily be found under the murky surface and rescued!!

Not left to fend for themselves or drown like the rest of the nation!!

As an after thought didn't someone in a rather prominent position say it this was to be all over soon!!

[webfact]

UPDATE:

Thailand to become completely dry by mid-November
By English News



BANGKOK, Oct 16 – Flood waters on Bangkok’s eastern approaches will be completely drained into the Gulf of Thailand and the flooding situation should be back to normal the middle of next month, a senior flood management official said yesterday.

Royol Chitradon, director of the Hydro and Agro Informatics Institute, said depression Nari would move towards the northeastern provinces of Mukdaharn and Amnart Charoen last night, bringing heavy rainfall and floods higher than 100 mm, or rain volume at 30 mm in Prachin Buri and Chachoengsao in the eastern region.

The Bang Pakong River on Bangkok’s eastern side is too full to take more waters which have to be flushed into the Gulf of Thailand, he said.

He said the eastern part of Bangkok would not flood as in 2011 since the water levels at various canals were controllable and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration would dispatch 60 boats to push waters out of Chachoengsao province, 80 km east of Bangkok.

The Meteorological Department said typhoon Nari would weaken as low pressure area when it moved into Thailand’s Northeast today, causing widespread rainfall and strong wind in Mukdahan, Amnart Charoen, Ubon Ratchathani and Yasothorn.

The eastern provinces of Rayong, Chantaburi and Trat will also be hit by rain, it said. (MCOT online news)


-- TNA 2013-10-16

[Ricardo]

Haven't the government promised the Japanese industrialists, that floods in Thailand were all in-the-past, having had a massive emergency-budget to fix problems two years ago ?

How to spin this shambles as being the Dems' fault, or somehow a benefit, to their loyal core-supporters in the North-East ?

Perhaps an exotic-meats buffet might distract them from the water damaging their homes and crops ?

[Angeledge777]

It wasn't supposed to last 3 days like they said 2 weeks ago?!?!

[grjm378]

I have to agree with a previous poster, that someone said that the excess water would be gone in 5 days. But that "person" did not say which 5 days !!!

[MaxLee]

More nonsense headline catcher excuses to justify, "Thailand Bangkok ONLY Bangkok will not be flooded as severe as 2011... Oh you gotta love that Ploddi clown and his greedy minions

[poohy]

Its hardly rocket science captain! Thailand is dry by November each year that's the way the weather works..... its the bit from April to October you have to worry about... that's when it rains!

[h90]

I have to agree with a previous poster, that someone said that the excess water would be gone in 5 days. But that "person" did not say which 5 days !!!

December 2-December 7

ups Now I forgot to tell which year

[h90]

Its hardly rocket science captain! Thailand is dry by November each year that's the way the weather works..... its the bit from April to October you have to worry about... that's when it rains!

2011 we were flooded till end of November.

But of course that were the run-offs from September-October.

[casindonet]

Why is this guy still in the news?

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[gemini81]

Why is this guy still in the news?

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Why is this bag of bones not behind bars?

[webfact]

PM gives out relief packages to flood victims

BANGKOK, 16 October 2013 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has visited 2 provinces severely hit by rain-triggered floods and given out flood relief packages to the residents.

Accompanied by several high-ranking official, PM Yingluck, yesterday visited Prachin Buri Province, where heavy flooding has completely inundated 6 districts. She thanked all agencies for providing assistance to the flood victims and helping them get through the hardship.

She also asked residents in the flooded areas to be patient, ensuring them that help was on the way, adding that the current flooding situation would ease in the next 2-3 weeks. The PM also led her team on foot to hand out relief bags and survival kits to flood victims.

Miss Yingluck later proceeded to Chachoengsao Province to inspect a 14-kilometer flood dyke before making her way to the inundated areas.

Much like her mission in Prachin Buri, the Premier was on foot to personally distribute flood relief bags, with an aim to build morale among the victims.

As for , More than 15,000 people in 11 districts of Chachoengsao have reportedly been affected by flooding; 6 people have lost their lives. Before completing her visit, PM Yingluck asked all relevant agencies, especially the Defense Ministry, to come back and rehabilitate the people and the area after the situation returned to normal.


-- NNT 2013-10-16

[zakk9]

Next year, they will scrape the paint off the windows of government buildings, so that they see whether it rains or not.

[kotsak]

webfact, on 16 Oct 2013 - 11:00, said:

PM gives out relief packages to flood victims

BANGKOK, 16 October 2013 (NNT) – Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has visited 2 provinces severely hit by rain-triggered floods and given out flood relief packages to the residents.

Accompanied by several high-ranking official, PM Yingluck, yesterday visited Prachin Buri Province, where heavy flooding has completely inundated 6 districts. She thanked all agencies for providing assistance to the flood victims and helping them get through the hardship.

She also asked residents in the flooded areas to be patient, ensuring them that help was on the way, adding that the current flooding situation would ease in the next 2-3 weeks. The PM also led her team on foot to hand out relief bags and survival kits to flood victims.

Miss Yingluck later proceeded to Chachoengsao Province to inspect a 14-kilometer flood dyke before making her way to the inundated areas.

Much like her mission in Prachin Buri, the Premier was on foot to personally distribute flood relief bags, with an aim to build morale among the victims.

As for , More than 15,000 people in 11 districts of Chachoengsao have reportedly been affected by flooding; 6 people have lost their lives. Before completing her visit, PM Yingluck asked all relevant agencies, especially the Defense Ministry, to come back and rehabilitate the people and the area after the situation returned to normal.

-- NNT 2013-10-16

Did they also give out those fancy orange boots?