Northeastern Thai provinces face flash flood

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Northeastern Thai provinces face flash flood
By Digital Content 
 

 
AMNAT CHAROEN, July 31 --  Many provinces in Thailand's northeast are having continuous downpours, prompting flash floods in many areas.
 
Over 50 Amnat Charoen households were hurriedly evacuating their belongings in the middle of the night, after heavy rains caused a sudden flooding of 60-70 centimetres high in the area. 
 
Local authorities assisted by military personnel were also seen providing assistance to flood victims and the of their belongings.
 
Amnat Charoen Disaster Prevention and Mitigation head Thanatorn Srinak said last night's heavy rainfall raised the water level in all four reservoirs in the province to overflow, prompting authorities to release water as quickly as possible to keep the dams from collapsing. 
 
The large amount of water released from the dams caused areas near the dams to be inundated, though officials have provided assistance at the best of their abilities. 
 
Officials also warned residents living along the Mekong River to be cautious of flsh floods, as the level of river has now reached 7.6 metres.
 
Meanwhile, Ubon Ratchathani Municipality is seeing high inundations on various roads. 
 
The Northeastern Meteorological Centre (Lower Part) has reported that the region would be a monsoon traveling through the upper part, creating scattering thunderstorms in 70 percent of the areas and heavy downpours in the provinces of Mukdhahan, Yasothorn, Si Sa Ket, Amnart charoen, and Ubon Ratchathani.
 
In the meantime, a high ranking Sirindhorn Dam engineer revealed that the Pak Moon Dam has now opened all ieight sluice gates to release out excess water from the Moon River into the Mekong River. (MCOT online news) 
 
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[retell]

Yep got a lake not far from my house where there should not be one
This is mukdahan / dontan

[Rorri]

What is a "fish" flood?

[Otis]

What is a "fish" flood?

 

Sushi buffet?
 

[DeepInTheForest]

The flash floods may have occurred to some extent anyway, but the extreme deforestation of Thailand certainly contributes to their impact. 

To see the devastation wrought by logging, this must-read wiki article has a satellite photo that is extremely revealing, in a palm-to-forehead-smacking way.

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deforestation_in_Thailand