PUBLISHED: 04: 30 on October 16, 2023.
AYUTTHAYA: About 200 homes, estates, and wheat fields were flooded yesterday in the Bang Ban city by water from the Chao Phraya River.
According to Montri Samathi, chief of tambon Bang Luang, the Royal Irrigation Department( RID ) previously claimed that the river’s water level wouldn’t rise and cause flooding in Bang Ban this year.
He claimed that after the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat released more ocean, his village was really submerged for more than a week and that the water levels continued to rise. He stated that” approximately 200 out of 290 properties are flooded.” It is difficult for us to exchange because the water has also flooded roads and damaged farmland. The water levels in some areas of the valley was between 50 and 70 centimeters deep, according to a cause.
Niwat Rungsakhon, the governor of Ayutthaya, stated that the RID had forewarned that 1, 800m3 of water per second would be released from the Chao Phraya Dam on Saturday, an increase from 150m3 / per-second on Friday. According to him, water levels along the river may increase to around 80 cm.
Communities in the Sena district’s tambon Hua Wiang, Lat Chit, and Tha Din Daeng of Phak Hai were even flooded in addition to Ban Luang.
According to provincial government Kraisorn Kongchalat, the Ubol Ratana Dam in Khon Kaen has more ocean in it than it can hold. According to him, the dam releases 15 million m3 per day to support Maha Sarakham and Roi Et. get better.
According to him, the province’s storm has submerged 47, 226 ray of land and 60 highways. 13 homes in the Ubon Ratana area have been moved to a high-ground region by authorities, he added. From October 16 to 19, more rainfall is anticipated in the Central, Southeast, Northeastern, and Southern areas, according to the National Water Command Center.