The Chao Phraya River barrage, which usually controls the water flow from the North to the Central Plains Region and Bangkok, can be releasing more water as heavy downpours are expected this week.
A large volume of water has been acquiring from the North that can be hit by large rainfall. The water offers flowed downstream, making the Chao Phraya barrage in Chai Nat to release more water upon Wednesday.
The barrage has become discharging 1, 692 cubic metres of water per second, pushing up the level in the Chao Phraya River by twenty nine centimetres.
Bearing the brunts are downstream provinces from Chai Nat to Ayutthaya where low-lying areas are now being inundated.
Waterways have broken their banks within Klong Phon Pheng in Ang Thong and Klong Hammer Ban in Ayutthaya — where huge tracts of cultivated fields are being flooded within tambon Hua Wiang of Sena district, tambon Talad Chid and Tha Din Daeng in Phak Hai district.
Flood warnings and advisories have been issued for occupants along the Chao Phraya in flood-prone provinces.
Chavalit Chalom, director regarding water management in the Royal Irrigation Workplace 12, said the particular Chao Phraya provides swollen to risky levels in Muang district of Nakhon Sawan.
Plans were in position to gradually sluggish the water flow to minimise the effect on farmland, he stated.
“What we are watching to is the heavy rainfall over the Chao Phraya River basin prediction for Sept 5-7, ” he stated.
“We could see the Chao Phraya barrage speed up the rate of drinking water it releases to at least 1, eight hundred m3/s, ” Mr Chavalit said, recommending riverside residents to maintain a close eye upon flood warnings.
Thongplew Kongchun, the agriculture long term secretary, said this year’s water-related dangers pale in comparison to the lead-up to the excellent floods of 2011.
He or she was responding to comments by Seri Supharathit, director of the Environment Change and Devastation Center at Rangsit University, that the accumulated precipitation in the current rainy season is similar to that will seen 11 in years past.