Disaster expert warns of major flooding next month

 

 

Central provinces warned of major flooding in October

 

Heavy rainfall and storms in October may cause major flooding in Central provinces, similarly to the one in 2006 but not as heavy as that in 2011, said an expert in natural disasters.

 

Assoc Prof Seree Supharatid said on Tuesday (Aug 22) provinces in the Central Region will probably face major flooding due to many factors, including heavy rainfall, which will start from September and continue into October, and several storms expected to head in the direction of Thailand.

 

The disaster expert said the flooding in October will be similar to the one in 2006 when a large volume of water from the North flowed to inundate low-lying areas in the Chao Phraya river basin such as Kamphaeng Phet, Nakhon Sawan, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Suphan Buri, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Pathom, Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi and Bangkok.

 

Full Story: http://englishnews.thaipbs.or.th/disaster-expert-warns-major-flooding-next-month/

 

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Ohh not again, we just fixed all the damage from the last flooding.

I think saying Kamphaeng  Phet is in the Chao Praya river basin is a bit of a stretch. The CP doesn't begin until the Ping joins the Nan at Nakhon Sawan.

Anyway water sports for September everyone.

2011 earwig o earwig o , Yinglucks revenge on the way!

It must be nice to be able to predict the future.

1 hour ago, ratcatcher said:

I think saying Kamphaeng  Phet is in the Chao Praya river basin is a bit of a stretch. The CP doesn't begin until the Ping joins the Nan at Nakhon Sawan.

Anyway water sports for September everyone.

Technically, The Chao River Basin, and extended river/estuary systems and network, cover the broader north-central region as well as the provinces that make up the flood plains.

38 minutes ago, phuketsub said:

It must be nice to be able to predict the future.

It's easy when you're an "expert in natural disasters". Is this a university degree in Thailand?

2 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

I think saying Kamphaeng  Phet is in the Chao Praya river basin is a bit of a stretch. The CP doesn't begin until the Ping joins the Nan at Nakhon Sawan.

Anyway water sports for September everyone.

Hope Trump does not read this,  he will get all excited

" Assoc Prof Seree Supharatid said on Tuesday (Aug 22) provinces in the Central Region will probably face major flooding due to many factors, including heavy rainfall,

 

 

which will start from September and continue into October, and several storms expected to head in the direction of Thailand.

 

It must be crystal-ball season !

1 hour ago, NCC1701A said:

" Assoc Prof Seree Supharatid said on Tuesday (Aug 22) provinces in the Central Region will probably face major flooding due to many factors, including heavy rainfall,

 

 

which will start from September and continue into October, and several storms expected to head in the direction of Thailand.

 

LOL indeed! He's probably gambling on the theory that major floods hit the area every 5 years and one is overdue. Of course, it will most likely be during the September - October rainy period.

 

All major storms (typhoons) head in the direction of Thailand, from the South China Sea, normally after they've destroyed the Philippines, but they never reach it. He gets no cigar for that prediction.

Edited August 22, 20178 yr by tropo

Next month is September in my calendar.

10 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

" Assoc Prof Seree Supharatid said on Tuesday (Aug 22) provinces in the Central Region will probably face major flooding due to many factors, including heavy rainfall,

 

 

which will start from September and continue into October, and several storms expected to head in the direction of Thailand.

 

 

That darned foreign-rain is to blame !

14 hours ago, phuketsub said:

It must be nice to be able to predict the future.

But it could also be dangerous in case someone thinks your predictions threatens national security and provoke unrest.

So..... are they going to lower damn levels as a proactive precaution... or wait till river levels rise, before adding some surfing waves?

Hope he's not right, the 2011 flooding cost me a small fortune..2006 just lost us all our fruit trees and garden plants plus having to access the city of Nakhon Sawan by boa

I guess this is a good time to buy a boat (+ paddles) and generator and put 'em up on the balcony. I don't want to stay in a hotel again. (Tanya Tanee Home on Green)

Edited August 23, 20178 yr by AgMech Cowboy

12 hours ago, NCC1701A said:

" Assoc Prof Seree Supharatid said on Tuesday (Aug 22) provinces in the Central Region will probably face major flooding due to many factors, including heavy rainfall,

 

 

which will start from September and continue into October, and several storms expected to head in the direction of Thailand.

 

 

2 hours ago, Ricardo said:

 

That darned foreign-rain is to blame !

You know, I can see absolutely nothing that's funny about this article. Why would you make fun of a potential disaster.

I prefer the headline 'Disaster Expert'. I am thinking that anyone that has lived here for any length of time would qualify?

51 minutes ago, AgMech Cowboy said:

 

You know, I can see absolutely nothing that's funny about this article. Why would you make fun of a potential disaster.

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone, but we Brits do often laugh at things we can't change  ...  its in our nature.

 

There's also this tendency for Thais to often blame foreigners, for Thai problems, as in Koh Tao ?  Hence blaming foreign rain-clouds for rain ?

 

And the novel idea that it may rain quite hard, at the height of the monsoon-season, coming as a surprise to anyone.

...Ahhh...haa...so heavy rain causes flooding.......right..! I got it...thanks

Thai experts...

I wonder when the truck bed company will start making boaTS.  They were great

2 hours ago, farcanell said:

So..... are they going to lower damn levels as a proactive precaution... or wait till river levels rise, before adding some surfing waves?

 

This is the state of the water levels at the Bhumibol dam at 07:00 this morning. It is only 51% full and can take plenty more water before it gets full.

 

http://www.thaiwater.net/DATA/REPORT/php/rid_lgraph3.php?dam_id=1&lang=en

 

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

1 hour ago, Ricardo said:

Sorry, I didn't mean to offend anyone, but we Brits do often laugh at things we can't change  ...  its in our nature.

 

There's also this tendency for Thais to often blame foreigners, for Thai problems, as in Koh Tao ?  Hence blaming foreign rain-clouds for rain ?

 

And the novel idea that it may rain quite hard, at the height of the monsoon-season, coming as a surprise to anyone.

Laugh?
this scientific research sounds to me like :
" Next contestant, Mrs. Sybil Fawlty from Torquay. Specialist subject - the bleeding obvious."
 

Edited August 23, 20178 yr by KKr

8 minutes ago, billd766 said:

 

This is the state of the water levels at the Bhumibol dam at 07:00 this morning. It is only 51% full and can take plenty more water before it gets full.

 

http://www.thaiwater.net/DATA/REPORT/php/rid_lgraph3.php?dam_id=1&lang=en

 

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

Good data !

19 hours ago, ratcatcher said:

I think saying Kamphaeng  Phet is in the Chao Praya river basin is a bit of a stretch. The CP doesn't begin until the Ping joins the Nan at Nakhon Sawan.

Anyway water sports for September everyone.

The Chao Praya river basin includes all of its tributaries and their catchment areas. The Ping (and its tributary the Wang), the Yom, and the Nan that then merge to form the Chao Phraya, Further south the delta floodplain is joined by other rivers, including the Pa Sak.

On 22/8/2560 at 7:39 PM, tropo said:

It's easy when you're an "expert in natural disasters". Is this a university degree in Thailand?

If so, there are plenty of high achievers - maybe even with doctorates - with excellent credentials earned in Thailand.