Roi Et hit by heavy flooding as rivers burst their banks

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Roi Et hit by heavy flooding as rivers burst their banks

By The Nation

 

 

Five districts in Roi Et suffered heavy flooding after the Yang and Chi rivers burst their banks.

 

A large amount of water from Kalasin flowed down the rivers and breached the embankment causing severe flooding. 

 

It was reportedly that Selaphum District suffered the most damage as 71 houses were damaged and eight houses collapsed.

 

From the flood damage inspection at Tambon Wang Luang in Selaphum District, the Yang River embankment collapsed in five places, flooding the town. The water current was very strong causing severe damage to houses. 

 

Wang Luang Wittyakom School teacher Jiraphat Wiphala said that the water current in the Yang River was very strong before the embankment collapse. He said he warned people to lift their belonging to higher ground, but it was too late as water rapidly flooded the community.

 

Jiraphat said villagers were suffering as most were elderly and eight of them were also handicapped.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30322810

 

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[captspectre]

I remember forty eight years ago when I first came to thailand, i saw all the homes built on stilts. they had their living quarters upstairs and their cooking chicken and pigs in the yard. I thought that was just their tradition.

now they have become westernized. the have homes built on flat ground sometimes on level and sometimes on sublevel ground. the chicken and the pugs are still around.wa laa! now they have no defense against the annual floods.which have been around for hundreds of years. so goes civilization.

[plachon]

I know what you are trying to get at, but I would draw exception to the notion that rural Thais have become "Westernised", evidenced from building single storey buildings that are vulnerable to floods. Incorrect, in fact they have become more modernised along Asian lines, which you will find all over SE Asia when development occurs, which is NOT following a Western model, despite appearances (which can be deceptive). The building of high level condos and sky-scrapers in cities or concrete houses totally unsuitable to the prevailing climate is very much an East and SE Asia phenomenon that is spreading from here to other parts of Asia and the developing world, due to its initial low cost, but in the long-run high costs and risks from climate change. In the West, at least Europe (not the US, which is resembling a Third World Country more and more these last few years), greater attempts are taken to climate-proof and make buildings more energy-efficient from year-to-year, a lesson which has still to catch on in SE Asia, where previously climate-proofed houses are being torn down and replaced at the rate of knots. And being vulnerable to floods is one of the results. 

[TallGuyJohninBKK]

The flooding in Sakon Nakhon supposedly was caused in part by the collapse/breakage of water containment barriers. And now the same here in Roi Et.

 

Where's the flood management officials charged with managing the dams and controlling how much water is released or diverted?  And did the local public works officials learn anything, or improve anything, from the nationwide floods a few years back during Yingluck's time?

 

Apparently not. These articles always talk about things failing. But they never talk about WHY they failed and why there was so much water flowing thru the rivers in those areas. But then again, if you look around at the (lack of) quality of most public works projects, it's kind of surprising that the whole country hasn't yet flooded again.

 

Those in authority should have learned their lessons from last time. But did they???

 

[473geo]

Very sad for those inundated, the Thai are a very tolerant people and thankfully resourceful too. I only hope those in Bangkok who received aid and support during their flooding disaster, from the generous, thoughtful, rural northeastern Thai people, will eagerly embrace the opportunity reciprocate now the tables have turned.