Some of the heaviest rain to have fallen on Bangkok within two decades began upon Tuesday evening and has overwhelmed the capital’s main canals, making it difficult to drain the extra water from a few parts of the city, stated governor Chadchart Sittipunt on Wednesday.
Bang Khen district, for instance, reported 170 millimetres of precipitation since Tuesday — the highest within 20 years.
As a result, water ranges along Klong Bekv?m Phrao and Klong Prem Prachakon, the district’s main draining canals, have also increased, causing floods in some areas.
Some of the most affected places include the Bang Khen roundabout and places surrounding the songs of a new electric train route, that the governor said had been partly to blame for sluggish drainage.
He said run-off from Pathum Thani was compounding surges in the area.
The Bangkok City Administration (BMA) and the Royal Irrigation Section (RID) are doing the best they can to empty the flood water off the city’s streets, but high drinking water levels across the city’s main canals have made it difficult, said the particular governor.
With more rain anticipated today, the public continues to be advised to plan their trips accordingly.
Mister Chadchart urged motorists to keep an eye around the weather forecasts, in addition to flood reports and traffic conditions.
“Insufficient planning has resulted in many motorists getting stranded in flooded locations, ” he said.
“With so many cars trapped in these areas, even military trucks deployed to help flood sufferers couldn’t reach all of them in time.
“These lessons have been learned and we hope to make [our response] better, inch he said.
At least seventeen locations in Bangkok were flooded from Tuesday night till Wednesday morning, based on the BMA’s flood manage and mitigation center.
Upon Tuesday night, particularly, the floods paralysed traffic in certain areas of the city.
Mr Chadchart also expressed his gratitude to the RID for their help in handling the floods.
The governor mentioned the department let the BMA use 21 of its water pumping systems to drain water from heavily flooded areas.
Residents living in Beat Khen, Lat Phrao, Don Muang, and Chatuchak are advised to stay vigilant as more weighty rain is along the way.
Style Prawit Wongsuwon, the particular caretaker prime ressortchef (umgangssprachlich), in his capacity because chairman of the Nationwide Water Command Centre (NWCC) has advised all agencies underneath the NWCC to fully assistance Bangkok and other provinces and ensure prompt overflow response measures.