Floods Hit Three Districts In Surat Thani

[george]

Floods hit three districts in Surat Thani

SURAT THANI: -- Flooding is taking place in three districts of this southern province as the waters of the Tapi River are rising and runoff is too slow.

Homes in Chai Buri, Wieng Sa, and Phrasaeng districts have been affected by waters 80 centimetres deep, and the meteorological department has warned villagers near the river of the danger of water spilling over its banks.

Armed Forces Development Command commissioner Gen. Suraphan Poomkaew deployed 50 soldiers and mobile medical units to distribute drinking water to flood victims and help villagers in flood affected areas in Phrasaeng district where floodwaters are two metres deep.

Banbangyod village has been isolated and patients there are suffering from diarrhea and fever, it was reported.

Meanwhile, weather forecasts indicate thunderstorms countrywide due to an intense southwest monsoon covering much of the Andaman Sea and the upper Gulf of Thailand.

Villagers in low-lying areas in the eastern provinces of Rayong, Chanthaburi, and Trat and the southern provinces of Phetchaburi, Chumphon, and Ranong should brace for heavy rain and flash flood, while storm warnings continue to advice small craft to stay in port.

--TNA 2006-07-18

[Scott]

My thoughts are with those who are suffering.

Will this weather pattern be affecting BKK?