Disaster Prevention Dept warns 35 Thai provinces to brace for flash floods

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DDPM warns 35 provinces to brace for flash floods

BANGKOK, 21 July 2014 (NNT) – The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DDPM) has warned 35 provinces to brace for heavy rains, flash floods, and landslides.

DDPM chief Chatchai Promlert revealed that 9 northern provinces, 10 northeastern provinces, and countless others in many regions will be hit by flash floods and forest runoffs. Some of these provinces include Chiang Mai, Udon Thani, Kanchanaburi, and Phuket.

Local disaster prevention units in flood-prone areas have been instructed to closely monitor the situation around the clock. Residents who are in need of assistance can contact the DDPM hotline at 1784.

Rivers across several communities in northeastern Thailand, in particular, have overflowed due to the effects of Typhoon Rammasun, which has caused heavy rains throughout the region. Persistent rains have quickly raised the level of the Mekong River in Bueng Kan province and nearby areas.


-- NNT 2014-07-21

[lostsoul49]

We keep getting these flood warnings here too, but where I live, there is hardly any rain at all.

In fact, considering the warnings for NE Thailand, we are in drought.

This is the driest year in 5 years of being here.

[KhunAussie52]

We keep getting these flood warnings here too, but where I live, there is hardly any rain at all.

In fact, considering the warnings for NE Thailand, we are in drought.

This is the driest year in 5 years of being here.

Same here in Surin!!!

[trainman34014]

Not a drip Chiang Mai area for days now even though they forecast it daily. Apart from sitting around with their fingers up their bums i don't know what the weather service people are doing in these parts. I'm pretty sure they just make it up as they go along.

Edited July 21, 2014 by trainman34014

[Hornell]

Very little rain just north of Korat, in fact the driest it has been for years. The typhoon referred to missed Thailand by miles although the edge of it might just have touched the Mekong. I find a fir cone more reliable than the Thai weather forecasts

[Albertosez]

Please send some rain to The Greater Pattaya Area! Are there any witch doctors that can do a dance or something to make something happen? Dryer than a Monks wit down here !

[jcb2001]

Come to Ubon if you want rain. Rains cats and dogs every day.

[happynthailand]

here in Mukdahan we wish it would stop raining

like to day rain was an all day affair

[Sena Dave]

Hopefully we wont have another 2011 in Ayutthaya , I think its odds on that kind of deluge is going to become for frequent, time for a second floor on the house perhaps

[sturdyd]

Hopefully we wont have another 2011 in Ayutthaya , I think its odds on that kind of deluge is going to become for frequent, time for a second floor on the house perhaps

I hope you're wrong. I live between Sena and Ayutthaya, too, and while I had it somewhat better than most back then, it was still a huge pain in the fundament. A second floor keeps your feet dry, but everything else remains the same.

[Sena Dave]

 

Hopefully we wont have another 2011 in Ayutthaya , I think its odds on that kind of deluge is going to become for frequent, time for a second floor on the house perhaps

I hope you're wrong. I live between Sena and Ayutthaya, too, and while I had it somewhat better than most back then, it was still a huge pain in the fundament. A second floor keeps your feet dry, but everything else remains the same.

 

I live about 2k west of Sena at a place only my wife and kids can say and spell.I wasn't there for the worst of it but we were quite lucky and had a couple of inches to spare from it coming into the house , normal wet season its a couple of metres. Probably like most in that region we have a little boat/canoe type thing to pop out and get the Fags and papers when it gets a bit wet

[AjarnMartin]

Would it not be helpful to list the provinces affected or is that a 'bridge too far'?

[thaiguzzi]

Come to Ubon if you want rain. Rains cats and dogs every day.

Ditto. Udon.

[pitrevie]

It is a procedure known to civil servants the world over commonly known as CYA.

Edited July 22, 2014 by pitrevie