Severe flooding alert for southern provinces

Southern Peninsula will experience heavy rains through Saturday.

The municipality of Nakhon Si Thammarat has been enduring continuous rain since Tuesday. (Photo: Nujaree Rakrun)
Since Tuesday, there has been ongoing rain in the Nakhon Si Thammarat city. ( Photo: Nujaree Rakrun )

The region’s southern provinces and their neighbors are expected to be hit by heavy rains until at least Saturday.

Due to heavy rain falling since Tuesday, Royal Irrigation Department workers in Songkhla’s Muang area have been removing debris and other items that are preventing all waterways.

The Crisis Prevention and Mitigation Office issued flash flood alerts and discharge for the following six times in the nearby Phatthalung. Authorities in Chumphon constantly update weather alerts for people, and Surat Thani has posted crisis figures on the provincial public relations office’s Facebook page.

In Narathiwat, citizens were urged to be on call for dramatic flooding and mudslides.

The Meteorological Department has issued instructions through Saturday for 12 regions along the southern peninsula’s southern edges due to windy conditions and rough seas.

According to the wind estimates, strong winds may cause the most rain to fall on the Gulf of Thailand.

The Pattani River’s rising water levels in Yala and Pattani counties were also raised by the Office of the National Water Resources on Thursday. According to the place in Sungai Kolok, the Kolok River’s stage was below the river institutions, but it was anticipated to rise, it continued.

One of the eight districts in Narathiwat has been named as a flood-risk place by the business, Sungai Kolok. Another at-risk regions in the region include Tak Bai even in Narathiwat, Muang in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Ranot in Songkhla and Sai Buri in Pattani.

According to municipal officials, Sungai Kolok experienced the second-highest amount of rain in all of Narathiwat’s districts between 7 a.m. and 7 a.m. on Thursday.

Premier Paetongtarn Shinawatra was concerned about the situation, according to Jirayu Huangsap, a senior aide to the perfect secretary. He instructed all government agencies in southern regions along the Gulf of Thailand to be prepared for storms on Thursday.

Near 20 villages along the Kolok River opposite Sungai Kolok, according to a report from the Malaysian National Flooding Forecasting and Warning Centre on Thursday, were expected to be flooded across the frontier in Malaysia’s Kelantan position.

The region has been blanketed by rainfall since Tuesday, according to the Indonesian news agency, and the center has been warned of possible flood from Friday through Sunday.