People jump to shield property after the river’s maximum is 12 meters.
PUBLISHED: 14 Sep 2024 at 14: 06
Residents of Nong Khai state have been forced to take immediate action to protect their homes after two days of heavy rains that have caused up to two meters of flooding in some areas.
The valley filled by 1.47m following the recent storms reached a stage of 13.67m at around 9am, an increase of 57 centimeters from the previous evening, according to the Nong Khai Mekong Hydrological Cycle Observation Station, on Saturday.
According to network’s analysts, water levels will continue to rise until Monday, due to continuous precipitation, possibly causing flooding to intrude further into the state’s financial center.
Typhoon Yagi, which has caused extensive damage and lots of fatalities across Southeast Asia, from the Philippines to Myanmar, has been the source of new heavy rains. Flooding in parts of northern Thailand, somewhat Chiang Rai, has been the worst in decades.
Local inhabitants have moved their personal vehicles to higher ground and placed boulder barriers around their homes as the flood in Nong Khai has reached over a centimeter in some areas.
Rescue personnel have been dispatched in flat-bottomed ships to help those affected, including medical staff who are looking for ways to provide patient care.
Men and municipal cattle officials are assisting in relief efforts by designing obstacles and moving farm animals to safer areas.
The Mekong’s highest levels of the year, at 13 million, threatens four provinces, in the neighboring province of Bueng Kan, which is located there.
Many of the tambon Pak Khat’s locations have already been submerged beneath 10 to 50 meters of water.