Nearly 1 million swamped by relentless southern deluge

[rooster59]

Nearly 1 million swamped by relentless southern deluge

By THE SUNDAY NATION

 

 

FLOODING in lower Thailand has now expanded to leave 10 of the 15 southern provinces inundated, affecting nearly a million people and claiming 11 lives, according to the Interior Ministry’s Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.

 

And eight provinces – Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, Surat Thani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Phatthalung, Ranong and Phang Nga – face more heavy rain until today.

 

Relentless heavy downpours that triggered floods in the eight provinces – plus Narathiwat, Yala, Songkhla and Pattani earlier in the week – had affected a quarter of a million households or 744,422 people in 3,376 villages in 85 districts, Department chief Chatchai Phromlert said yesterday. 

 

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-- © Copyright The Nation 2017-01-08

 

[robblok]

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I hope the rain will subside and things will normalize. Its a strange year weather wise. 

[KhunBENQ]

Even made it to German radio news which means something.

[George Graham]

On 1/8/2017 at 11:16 AM, robblok said:

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I hope the rain will subside and things will normalize. Its a strange year weather wise. 

Ah yes ribbon, things are so much better with the army in control.

[aonangkrabi]

The weather is indeed strange this year. Even after the low pressure centre will have moved away (after refusing to do so the last three days), the weather will become dry but the normal easterly trade winds will not return this week. The wind at cloud altitude stays Southwest in Phuket and Krabi.

[Wilsonandson]

On 1/8/2017 at 11:16 AM, robblok said:

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I hope the rain will subside and things will normalize. Its a strange year weather wise. 

They're doing a great job robblok.

[yogi100]

Samui and Phuket have been affected as well. There are now many tourists seeking accommodation in Pattaya.

[laislica]

1 minute ago, yogi100 said:

Samui and Phuket have been affected as well. There are now many tourists seeking accommodation in Pattaya.

 

Aye, someone I know is driving back from Phuket and got stranded in the middle of nowhere.

Couldn't go forward or backwards.

Rented a bamboo hut to sleep!

 

[Wilsonandson]

2 minutes ago, yogi100 said:

Samui and Phuket have been affected as well. There are now many tourists seeking accommodation in Pattaya.

Yes it's very badly flooded in Samui right now. Still a few tourists are not letting it spoil their holiday. Fair play to them.

 

[robblok]

13 minutes ago, George Graham said:

And the army has never cheated the people of Thailand? Never?

 

All I have said had relevance to the flooding and how its handled.. the army never cheated the people during flooding. They only helped them as I can attest to during 2011. The politicians of the PTP on the other hand cheated them by relabeling general donation as if done by Thaksin. Real low to get political coin from flooding and for free (as they used the donations of the public not even given by Thaksin). This has all to do with flooding. What your talking about has nothing to do with flooding.. so have fun. 

[Sooo Upto Me]

1 hour ago, laislica said:

 

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. ~ Baltasar Gracian

 

Yes totally agree, Just ignore him.

I don't know wots his prob with the army is but at least they're making an effort.

[BSJ]

1 hour ago, Wilsonandson said:

Yes it's very badly flooded in Samui right now. Still a few tourists are not letting it spoil their holiday. Fair play to them.

 

Stupid people doing stupid things!  I wonder how much sewer water is mixed with the drainage water?

 

[NCC1701A]

[Deepinthailand]

2 hours ago, George Graham said:

And the army has never cheated the people of Thailand? Never?

That was not what he said he was relating experiance of 2011 and how the army helped people in need. 

[little mary sunshine]

So sad, hope The Army sends lots of assistance.

[dunroaming]

Truly awful time when flooding like this happens.  The people need all the help they can get no matter where it comes from

[Wilsonandson]

Koh Tao has been hit pretty bad too, just look at this video.

 

[Grubster]

5 hours ago, robblok said:

I feel for them I know how bad it is to be flooded. I hope the army does as good a job as they did in 2011. They were the real heroes back then with their big trucks transporting people and goods in the flooded area. Not like the politicians who only went for photo ops. 

 

I hope the rain will subside and things will normalize. Its a strange year weather wise. 

The Army did that by orders from the government, just like most countries. Now it will be the Army ordering itself and lets see how that goes.

[laislica]

These storms look set to continue for a while yet.

 

[Eric Loh]

Military helping during natural disaster is their peace-time duty in any country. Posters are making at big deal out of this to self gratify themselves. 

[George Graham]

3 hours ago, Sooo Upto Me said:

 

Yes totally agree, Just ignore him.

I don't know wots his prob with the army is but at least they're making an effort.

What's my problem with the Thai army? Hhhmmm, now let me think.

[tukkytuktuk]

17 minutes ago, baboon said:

No hide nor hair of them where I am now, either. But then there are some posters who divide Thailand into two parts - Bangkok and Who gives a crap?

Image source: The Manager, posted 3 hrs ago.

Chumphon.

[baboon]

^^

That isn't the army. Regardless of that, I still haven't seen them offering assistance where I am.

[Reigntax]

1 hour ago, baboon said:

^^

That isn't the army. Regardless of that, I still haven't seen them offering assistance where I am.

 

They will be in camouflage so its unlikely you will see them. 

[George Graham]

7 hours ago, laislica said:

 

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side. ~ Baltasar Gracian

Don't use a quote to defend the indefensible - George Graham.

[Geoff Snell]

12 hours ago, laislica said:

These storms look set to continue for a while yet.

 

Wow I have just seen this for the first time. My daughter was born in Ranong in 2004 and if anyone out there knowsthe hot spring water baths I tried to donate photos I took of them UNDERWATER but they didn't want them. It was amazing, scary and dangerous all at the same time and that's coming from a full on Aussie water rat. Very scary

[KC 71]

Handbags at dawn


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[metisdead]

Off topic posts about the 2011 flood have been removed as well as the replies. 

 

Posts containing profanities have been removed as well.