PUBLISHED: 4 Sep 2024 at 19: 24
Residents in some areas of Ayutthaya should be prepared for flash floods as a result of a continued surge in the Chao Phraya River, which is being closely watched at two main water stations, according to the Royal Irrigation Department ( RID ).
People along the institutions of Khlong Bang Ban in Bang Ban area and the adjacent places of Phak Hai region in Ayutthaya, as well as those who reside close to Khlong Phong Pheng in Ang Thong, and those who live nearby.
Officials are closely monitoring the sections served by these two rivers because they are situated in low-lying grasslands.
A Facebook site,’ Ayutthaya Station’, has criticised the president’s inadequate handling of payment for locals currently impacted by the rising waters levels.
The division reported that the Chao Phraya bombardment dam’s waters discharge rate is now between 1, 400 and 1, 500 cubic meters per second, an increase from the previous week’s 900 to 1, 400 cubic meters per second.
The liquid stream recorded at the C13 Station, located near the Chao Phraya storm, was 1, 498 square feet per second. Also, on Wednesday, water passing through the C2 liquid depot in Muang city of Nakhon Sawan — inland from the Chao Phraya storm — rose to 1, 529 cubic metres per next.
In the coming days, Surasee Kittimonthon, Office of the National Water Resources ( ONWR ) secretary-general, predicted an increase in the water discharge rate from the C2 station to 2,500 cubic meters per second and from the C13 station to 2, 000 cubic meters per second due to the current, widespread rainfall.
Mr Surasee even mentioned that big rivers, such as the Bhumibol in Tak, Sirikit in Uttaradit, and Kwae Noi Bamrung Dan in Phitsanulok, also have sufficient capacity to hold more water. Additionally, catchment areas are being made available to divert extra fluids.
People living in areas affected by the swelling Chao Phraya River, including Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, and Nonthaburi, have been warned about the risk of display storms, Mr Surasee added.
However, Somkuan Tonjan, chairman of the Thai Meteorological Department’s Meteorological Observation Division, said that tropical storm Yagi is expected to bring more rainfall to the North and higher Northeast from Sept 8-13.