Downstream provinces face further flooding
The Nation



BANGKOK: -- Though flooding in Phitsanulok's Phrom Piram district has started subsiding, residents were warned of another deluge in the next two to three days.

This central province's three districts, including Bang Rakham and Muang, have been inundated by run-offs from Sukhothai province, which is upstream of Yom River.

While Phrom Piram and Muang saw less than 10 centimetres of water, the bowl-shaped Bang Rakham reported floods rising by 8cm. This district is expected to be flooded for about a month, an informed source said yesterday.

Sukhothai Governor Jakkarin Plianwong visited the flood-hit tambon Pak Kwai in Muang district yesterday, which is under some 80cm of water. Apart from providing affected residents with 300 relief bags, the governor also handed Bt50,000 to the family of 51-year-old Phayao Khlaiya, who drowned in the flood on Sunday, and Bt33,000 to 81-year-old Sampeng Kaewsit, whose home was totally destroyed by inundation.

Health Support Department chief Boonreung Trireungwarawat also presented 150 first-aid kits, which included life vests, to two villages in Pak Kwai.

In Ayutthaya, provincial governor Witthaya Phiewphong said yesterday that some 800 homes along Noi River in Sena and Phak Hai districts were submerged.

Pathum Thani governor Pongsathorn Sajjachonlaphun yesterday set up a round-the-clock monitoring centre. He added the banks of Chao Phraya River and the sluice gates in Sam Khok district showed that the water level had only risen by 20cm, which is not critical.

Meanwhile, Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra inspected the drainage system at flood-prone Suwinthawong Road in Min Buri district yesterday. He pointed out that the Metropolitan Electricity Authority's Min Buri Office and Min Buri Post Office faced the risk of being submerged as the road they are located on is lower than the Khlaong Sam Wa canal. Hence, he said, the Bangkok Metropolitan Authority would install water pumps there as a precaution.

Deputy city clerk Sanya Cheenimit said during the rain season, the BMA would still be using sandbags over manhole covers in low-lying areas, including Suwinthawong Road.

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/national/Downstream-provinces-face-further-flooding-30242940.html


-- The Nation 2014-09-10

800 homes submerged....people dead/drowned..........more flooding to come (quote from Irrigation Dept...."don't worry"...)

These people should read "Weather bureau assurance: Thailand need not worry about flooding"

These people should read "Weather bureau assurance: Thailand need not worry about flooding"

Exactly my thoughts--------- you will get 50,000Bt if you die and 33,000 if your house is totally destroyed.Perhaps they need a few more than 300 sand bags !!!

These people should read "Weather bureau assurance: Thailand need not worry about flooding"

Exactly my thoughts--------- you will get 50,000Bt if you die and 33,000 if your house is totally destroyed.Perhaps they need a few more than 300 sand bags !!!

Not sand bags, relief bags! Which despite the name are not used to relieve yourself in. They usually contain bottled water, noodles, soap, toilet paper and other such that might come in handy and be hard to access in a flood.

"... Bt33,000 to 81-year-old Sampeng Kaewsit, whose home was totally destroyed by inundation...."

I guess he can build himself a brand new home now???? The Government thinks so.....

I was standing in knee deep water one time during the last flood (2011) when one of the big army trucks came by handing out some supplies. In the bad they handed me I scored two small bottles of water, two small Styrofoam boxes of some long dead chicken & rice, and two pkgs of sanitary pads!

Didn't I just read somewhere ? Floods nothing to worry about

Well the last flooding was blamed on Yingluck so does this mean that this time it is the general's fault????? Just asking thinking fair is fair. I know he has a lot of work to do and so did Yingluck.

Well the last flooding was blamed on Yingluck so does this mean that this time it is the general's fault????? Just asking thinking fair is fair. I know he has a lot of work to do and so did Yingluck.

Yingluck did nothing... all the promises about what she wanted to do to avoid future floodings were just empty words. At the end nothing was done.