Parts of six northern provinces are still below water as a result of large rain brought by tropical storm Mulan – at this point downgraded to a tropical depression over Vietnam – the Section of Disaster Avoidance and Mitigation reported on Sunday.
The exotic depression, augmented with a monsoon lying throughout Myanmar, northern Thailand and northern Laos, brought heavy in order to very heavy rainfall to the North plus Northeast regions of Asia during Aug 11-14.
A total of 609 villages in 109 tambons and 34 districts of 11 provinces – Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Phayao, Nan, Lampang, Phrae, Phitsanulok, Nakhon Phanom, Loei and Prachin Buri – were flooded, affecting 5, 477 households. A villager was documented killed in Chiang Rai.
On Sunday morning, 391 villages within 25 districts associated with Chiang Rai, Mae Hong Son, Chiang Mai, Phayao, Nan and Phitsanulok provinces in the North were still flooded however the water levels had been receding.
Heavy downpours within the North added drinking water into the Chao Phraya river north from the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat district at the price of 1, 400-1, six hundred cubic metres for each second, making it essential to increase discharge downstream from the dam simply by 1, 000-1, four hundred cubic metres per second.
As a result, the water degree below the dam had risen can be 0. 20-0. 60m in low-lying locations in Ayutthaya province and overflowed, flooding parts of Sena, Phak Hai and Boom Ban districts and affecting about 600 households.
Disaster prevention plus mitigation offices in the provinces have been instructed to work closely along with local administrations in order to assess the damage in areas where water acquired receded and provide assistance to the affected individuals in line with the Finance Ministry’s regulations.
People in need of assist can call servicenummer number 1784 around the clock. They can also follow disaster warnings with the THAI DISASTER ALERT app.
According to a weather forecast, on Sunday and Monday (Aug 14-15) the south west monsoon over the Andaman Sea, Thailand as well as the Gulf of Thailand – together with the low pressure wedge more than northern Vietnam and the Tonkin Bay — would likely cause sporadic heavy rain in the North and Northeast. Waves in the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand will be about 1m higher, and more than 1m high in areas with thunderstorms.
From Aug 16-20, there would be more rainfall in every part of the nation, the forecasters stated. Waves in the upper parts of the Andaman Sea and Gulf of mexico of Thailand would be 1-2m high, plus over 2m rich in areas with thunderstorms. In the lower Andaman Sea and Gulf of mexico of Thailand, waves would reach the height of about 1m, and over 1m in areas with thunderstorms.