Ten provinces still affected by flooding

 

 

The Disaster Prevent and Mitigation Department said only 10 provinces are still being affected by flooding as a result of  torrential rain that hit the upper part of the country in August.

 

The ten provinces are Sakon Nakhon, Roi Et, Nakhon Phanom, Nakhon Ratchasima, Kalasin, Yasothon, Mukdahan, Bonbon Ratchathani and Amnat Charoen in the Northeast Region and Ayutthaya in the Central Region.

 

All concerned agencies have been instructed to keep a close watch on all reservoirs and to drain water out of economic zones as soon as possible.

 

Nakhon Phanom has taken a large quantity of water which flowed from the Nong Han lake in Sakon Nakhon province along the Nam Kam River. Hardest hit are Nakae, Wang Yang, Renu Nakhon, Nawa and Si Songkhram districts where more than 3,000 houses and about 100,000 rai of farmland have been inundated. These districts have been declared disaster zones.

 

Thongplew Kongchan, deputy director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department, said Lam Pao Dam in Kalasin province is now holding 1,678 million cubic metres of water, or about 84% of the full capacity of 1, 980 million cubic metres.

 

Therefore, more water is being released from the dam to enable the reservoir to take more water which is flowing steadily into the dam.

 

As a result of the release of more water from Lam Pao Dam, houses of villagers in Khong Chai and Kamalasai districts of Kalasin have been 50-60 centimetres under water.

 

The flooding situation in Kalasin, Roi Et, Yasothon and Ubon Ratchathani provinces has been under watch.

 

In the Chao Phraya river basin, northern run-off has inundated much of Sukhothai, Phitsanulok, Phichit and Nakhon Sawan. The water level on the upper part of the Chao Phraya Dam is 15.50 metres above the mean sea level. The dam is releasing water at the rate of 1,400 cubic metres per second.

 

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-- © Copyright Thai PBS 2017-8-2

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It is just the start. There will be much more flooding on the way. The worst months where flooding affects large areas are September and October. Afterwards starting with November the floods will be affecting the areas in the Southern part of Thailand. It is a pattern. It happens every year, nevertheless this year might see more floods than usual because of high amounts of rainfall in many places.

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