Floods remain in 5 northern Thai provinces

Storms remain in five northern counties, the country’s disaster company said, as City Hall reaffirms precautionary measures are in place to plan for run-off from the North. &nbsp,

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said the floods in 22 northeastern provinces between 16 and 22 August killed 22 individuals, 13 of whom died in Phuket, and afflicted 30, 807 people.

The flood position on Sunday remains in five regions– Chiang Rai, Nan, Phayao, Phetchabun and Phrae, the government’s crisis agency said. Numerous Chiang Rai regions are still submerged, and nine more people have died as of today.

Even though the flood position in the North has eased in some regions, Chaovalit Gunkham, an aide government of the Metropolitan Electricity Authority, said the MEA is working with various organizations to keep an eye on water flows in big river basins. One of the largest rivers in the middle North, Sirikit Dam, is at 70 % of its current capability as of Sunday, allowing in an extra 2.9 million square meters of run-off.

According to Mr. Chaovalit, the groundwater transfer rate had been lowered to 3 million cubic meters per day to prevent downstream effects and provide water for the upcoming dry season. &nbsp,

Mekong rising

Surasee Kittimonthon, secretary-general of the Office of the National Water Resources ( ONWR ), on Sunday said water levels in the Mekong river continued to rise and affect low-lying areas in the north and north-eastern provinces.

He claimed that the Mekong River Commission Secretariat ( MRCS) had received an urgent notice from the ONWR requesting increased flood monitoring and daily peaks prediction from water stations along the river in Chiang Rai, Loei, Nong Khai, Bueng Kan, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Amnat Charoen, and Ubon Ratchathani.

Officials were urged to notify member nations like Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam of the most recent liquid situation in the email. In order to minimize flood damage, it requested Laos coordinate with China to manage the water in the dams in the Mekong River Basin’s lower Mekong River to slow water discharges as much as possible.

In Bueng Kan state, water in the Mekong valley on Sunday night reached 12.05 feet high – just 95 centimetres below the spill-over levels of 13 feet. In the county, thousands of acres of farmland have been submerged.

Bangkok storm threat

Bangkok Deputy Governor Wissanu Sapsompol reported that City Hall was carefully monitoring liquid rates across the Chao Phraya valley and sharing information with ONWR, the Centre of National Water Administration, and the Royal Irrigation Department. &nbsp, &nbsp,

” The flowing ( of the Chao Phraya River ) through Ayutthaya’s Bang Sai city was not at a worrying amount immediately. We will be informed at least two days in progress before the liquid from Bang Sai reaches Bangkok, according to Mr. Wissanu, and the run-off from Nan is anticipated to take about five days.

” City Hall has been closely monitoring the situation and we will issue warnings to the public before the flooding, so I do n’t want people to worry about it too much,” he said.

According to Mr. Wissanu, authorities used bags to lower the elevation of the storm walls along the Chao Phraya to stop flooding. He claimed that there are already manpower and flood-protection infrastructures in position in at-risk locations to immediately assist residents in emergencies. &nbsp,