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Emergency evacuations of at-risk groups amid flooding

By THE NATION

 

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A canal overflows in Phitsanulok province yesterday, flooding Ban Pluak Ngarm School. With floodwaters at least one metre deep, the school suspended classes and asked nearby residents for help to move teaching materials to higher ground.

 

BANGKOK: -- AS HEAVY rains and flooding continued to pummel the country’s North and Northeast yesterday, elderly and sick people as well as children were evacuated on flat-bottom boats out of flood-hit communities in Tambon Bung Preu and Nong Wang in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Thepharak district.


Concerned about the regions’ heavy rains brought by tropical depression Sonca, Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha instructed provincial governors in 15 at-risk provinces to mobilise available assistance for flood-affected residents and to expedite the draining of floodwater.

Several areas were under three-metre-deep floods, forcing Nakhon Ratchasima residents to climb onto their roofs while waiting for evacuation by officials and soldiers, said provincial disaster prevention and mitigation chief Suthep Reunthawil.

 

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Temporary shelters in Nong Wang are housing hundreds of victims. 

 

Rainfall measuring 135 millimetres also hit Kaeng Sanam Nang district flooding many villages, while a large section of the road to Ban Khok Lam in Tambon Thung Sawang in Prathai district was submerged, marooning 174 households, while fish farms in Tambon Prathai had also been damaged.

 

In Ubon Ratchathani’s Muang district, residents of Wang Daeng community along the Mul River are living in tents set up along a road after being flooded out of their homes. Water levels in the Mul and Mekong rivers have risen significantly in the province, slowing the run-off of floodwater. 

 

The Mul was within 80 centimetres of topping its banks in Warin Chamrap district, threatening to inundate five riverside communities. 

In the meantime, six trains on the Bangkok-Nong Khai route had to detour and were hence delayed due to landslides that have buried the track at a mountain tunnel linking Khokklee station in Nakhon Ratchasima’s Si Khiew district and Chong Samran station in Chaiyaphum’s Thepsathit district since Wednesday night. 

 

Landslides block roads

 

Days of downpours in Phitsanulok’s Noen Maprang district caused one-metre-deep flash flood at Ban Nam Pad yesterday morning before the flood torrents moved on to the downstream Wang Thong district. 

 

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Ban Nam Pad School had to call off classes to remove muddy water from the school building and clean up class materials, said school director Ket Tuankrua. He said classes would resume on Monday.

 

Meanwhile, Lop Buri’s Lam Sonthi district was largely underwater yesterday morning following heavy rain and runoff from neighbouring Nakhon Ratchasima upstream. 

 

By 2am the floodwater was a metre deep at the Lam Phaya Klang Animal Husbandry and Research Centre in Tambon Nong Ri and at Ban Wang Thong School in Tambon Khao Ruak. Soldiers and provincial officials boarded flat-bottom boats to reach residents struggling to cope.

 

On Wednesday evening, a landslide triggered by days of heavy rain blocked a main road and damaged two houses in Tambon On Nua of Chiang Mai’s Mae On district. 

 

The road was reopened to traffic yesterday. District chief Phattaraporn Laijud said the landslide occurred at 7:16pm in Moo 9 village, destroying the house of Thao Phochan and partially damaging another owned by Sompong Wat Taya. No one was injured. 

 

Officials had provided initial aid to affected homeowners.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/national/30322020

 
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we have it good here in Hua Hin. We receive the least amount of rainfall in Thailand.

 

I hope everyone is safe up north. Sad to see the same story repeated almost every year.

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"A canal overflows in Phitsanulok province yesterday, flooding Ban Pluak Ngarm School. With floodwaters at least one metre deep..."

 

What a shock! Flooding in the north? Never expected that. After all, it's only happened ...let's see...Every Year since the beginning of time.

 

Too bad Dutch engineers can't get work permits. Since they would be taking jobs away from....NO ONE!!!

 

However, this should open up opportunities for those fine upstanding Pattaya Jet Ski operators.

 

 

Posted

It is a shame to see people flooded out, but when I went to some areas norh of Bangkok even a

couple of hours, I seen many areas flooded out.  Seems to be worse in the North. I have travelled

a lot and see that there is a lot of flat land in Thailand, and I have concluded that with the way it

rains, there will always be some areas flooded.

  Good luck to those who are affected, I am glad to see the Thai style houses with the ground level floor used as storage and for animals, and everyone living one floor up. That is the way to build on the flat areas.

 Geezer

Posted

AH ! just emptied my septic tank now will have to wait 

and redo, the small truck pump removal people are now on first name basis

be safe.

 

Posted
10 minutes ago, Stargrazer9889 said:

It is a shame to see people flooded out, but when I went to some areas norh of Bangkok even a

couple of hours, I seen many areas flooded out.  Seems to be worse in the North. I have travelled

a lot and see that there is a lot of flat land in Thailand, and I have concluded that with the way it

rains, there will always be some areas flooded.

  Good luck to those who are affected, I am glad to see the Thai style houses with the ground level floor used as storage and for animals, and everyone living one floor up. That is the way to build on the flat areas.

 Geezer

Like you I don't understand why the new houses in flood plains are now built on the ground as one floor buildings.

Posted

 

We're into our fourth day of rain in Kalasin Province. although it's light today. Locals are saying it's the most rainfall for 37 years. Quite a few trees have fallen, including three in our garden. which is a little strange because the winds weren't particularly strong. Part of the Asian highway, the main road to Laos, was closed this morning because it had collapsed where they'd constructed a temporary by-pass while they do some bridge widening work. I suppose in a couple of weeks or so we'll be reading that the water has found its way to Bangkok and half the city is under water again.

 

The photo is of what was rice paddies.

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Just wait and see until that run off water comes to Bangkok 2-3 months later...


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Posted
2 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

Just wait and see until that run off water comes to Bangkok 2-3 months later...


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Don't worry, the current government  will accept full responsibility and be fully accountable for the financial loss.:coffee1:

Posted
42 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

Just wait and see until that run off water comes to Bangkok 2-3 months later...


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Not really seeing how the water from Kalasin will reach BKK.. think that won't flow in the chao praya river. Could be that I am just reading the map wrong.. but does not look connected to the Chao Praya.. 

Posted
8 hours ago, robblok said:

Not really seeing how the water from Kalasin will reach BKK.. think that won't flow in the chao praya river. Could be that I am just reading the map wrong.. but does not look connected to the Chao Praya.. 

Robbie, my old matey.

You bought those wellington boots yet i was on about in the other thread recently?

Warning no.2.

This year will be worse than 2011 for BKK.

Sakon Nakon has had the worst rainfall and flooding in 30 years (i don't live in SN). Ditto other provinces. There is another 10 weeks of rainy season in the north.

The Mekong will burst it's banks somewhere, sometime.

By Sept all the dams will be full.

All that water has got to go somewhere - south.

Posted (edited)

Thaiguzzi,

 

I bought waders after last time (better safe then sorry), but I still don't see how water from KALASIN will come to BKK.. could you explain that to me on the map ? I just don't see any rivers going from there to BKK. 

 

I am still not worried.. i told you time and again.. 2011 was really bad BECAUSE they had to release the water from the dams at the worst possible moment. Now they are making sure that does not happen. I am happy to wager with you about my place staying dry this time. I am still not worried at all.. the moment the dams fill up and they stop releasing i start to worry. 

 

But if they just admit they have a problem unlike last time when they kept saying no flooding and not releasing the images of the huge water mass going to BKK I will be ok. The moment I feel it will be a repeat of last time I just move my stuff up and move house to an other location for a while. 

Flooding is bad, but not so bad if you know its going to happen and your informed about it, because then you can choose to stay or go. Believe me I also know where to look now so I won't be caught off guard. 

 

http://www.thaiwater.net/DATA/REPORT/php/rid_dam_1.php?lang=en

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Posted

When you fail to prepare you prepare to fail. Much more preparation work

should have been done during the drought. Deepening dried reservoirs

and monkey cheeks etc etc. Instead nothing is done and woe is me.

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