Thread: Central Plains brace for severe floods

Thousands suffer as water turns putrid



BANGKOK – Communities living along the Chao Phraya River in Central Plains areas are suffering as run-off from the river continues to rise.


In seven tambons of Sapphaya district in the Central province of Chai Nat, thousands of villagers are suffering from ill-health with skin rashes as flood waters turn putrid and exude bad odours.


The murky flood waters prompted Sapphaya district chief Prapas Wandia to order officers to help pump and increase the circulation of water, and spray effective micro-organisms (EM) into the water to improve its quality.


The evidence of high flooding is pronounced in Bang Ban district in Ayutthaya. Known as a flood retention area, the level of water here has reached three metres, one metre more than local villagers expected.


The main road linking the community with nearby Phak Hai district was almost impassable as the road was under 60 cm of flood water, said Pol Col Kantaphong Nilkham, chief of Bang Ban district police, adding the water level was still rising.


Communities in the Sam Khok district of Pathum Thani were shocked to see a mass deluge after the flood level from northern runoff in the Chao Phraya River was compounded by high tides.

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Water has been steadily rising all night here and is still rising to now close to getting inside so I have been adding another layer of sand-bags round the doors;



And everything on the bottom floor has been raised up;



Been getting a few visitors, lots of frogs, insects and a couple of snakes like this 30cm Striped Kukri Snake, non venomous but the ladies want nothing to do with then.



But we're well of compared to some not far down the road who have 2 meters of water through their houses for we still have power, water and plenty of food and drinking water.

Back to the sand-bags.

Oh, my. Hope the crek don't rise too much higher.

Good luck to you.

As mention before, been a reasonably long rainy/flooding season for those usual river regions and other outreaches throughout the country.

Thoughts are with those affected.

The central plains will be sacrificed to save Bangkok.

Originally Posted by birding

And everything on the bottom floor has been raised up;

from experience I would suggest you get everything you can upstairs - it will also make it easier to clean after when you need to sweep mud and water out

the water can come up quite fast

I hope you have already moved the car somewhere

when the power goes off , it is likely to be off for some time as they do not just drop the fuses for individual houses - they will take out the whole moo barn

you may also want to see if any relation can lend you a small boat so you can paddle out to get water and ice and beer

a good idea to fill up water barrels upstairs

Good luck, Mate!

They're not floods. It's just rainy season.

Ask Jeff, he's a fucking expert.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

They're not floods. It's just rainy season.

Ask Jeff, he's a fucking expert.

Waiting for the drought season, Harry.....

They're not floods. It's just rainy season.

Ask Jeff, he's a fucking expert.

And you are a fucking idiot.

It is not a normal rainy season it has been 6 years since there was a flood like this.

Originally Posted by baldrick

from experience I would suggest you get everything you can upstairs - it will also make it easier to clean after when you need to sweep mud and water out

the water can come up quite fast

I hope you have already moved the car somewhere

when the power goes off , it is likely to be off for some time as they do not just drop the fuses for individual houses - they will take out the whole moo barn

you may also want to see if any relation can lend you a small boat so you can paddle out to get water and ice and beer

a good idea to fill up water barrels upstairs

Water is only coming up very slowly and as we are dependent on what is released from Chai Nat it should not come up fast. Still half a meter below the 2010-2011 level and that was the highest it has ever been, cant see it getting there this year but if it does BKK will get their share

Done all of that, got a boat and taxi boats on call.

Power is unlikely to go off but just in case things get desperate we rented another house yesterday so we have a bolthole.

Originally Posted by birding

And you are a fucking idiot.

It is not a normal rainy season it has been 6 years since there was a flood like this.

FFS birding you dopey c u n t, can't you tell a piss take when you see one?

do you have your burberry waders ?

^ I'm starting to think I'll need them...it's been pissing down seriously off and on most of the last week or so.....

Chao Phraya River communities receive warning as flooding continues nationwide

LOEI, 24 October 2017 (NNT) – Thailand's Royal Irrigation Department (RID) has advised citizens living along the Chao Phraya River to prepare for more flooding due to increased discharges from the Chao Phraya Dam, while Loei province has reported inundation from forest run off following heavy rains.


Run off from the Phu Luang Animal Preserve has put villages in Wang Sapung district of Loei province under 3-4 meters of water, submerging many vehicles in the area. The waters are now flowing into other communities and have prompted calls for residents to move their belongings to higher ground.


Highway authorities in Khon Kaen province, meanwhile, have lined the sides of roads with sandbags to prevent water flowing onto highways in the area of Baan Nong Hin. Previously, water flowing across roads was obstructing traffic.


Nonetheless, the situation remains worrisome for residents in the area, who say a rise of another 20-30 centimeters will result in their homes being flooded.


Around Ubol Ratana reservoir, a steady influx of water has resulted in overflow into Non Sang and Sri Boon Ruang districts. A 2 kilometer stretch of road between the 2 areas has been made impassable by up to 80 centimeters of water.


At the same time, in Uthai Thani, the Chao Phraya River has begun to rise, resulting in an increased water the level in the Sakrakrang River, which is 62 centimeters over its critical


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Prayut warns some areas must be sacrificed to floods

PRIME MINISTER General Prayut Chan-o-cha, who has used special powers under Article 44 of the interim charter to set up a new water management office, has said some areas of the country will have to be sacrificed to prevent other areas from flooding.


Meanwhile, people in designated flood-retention areas said they had had to endure flooding for more than four months without knowing when the waters would recede.

Prayut said yesterday after a Cabinet meeting that the government was concerned about flooding problems in many provinces and had ensured that preparations had been made for the flood season. But he insisted that some areas had to be allocated for water retention to prevent flooding elsewhere.

According to the Royal Irrigation Department (RID), floods are affecting 20 provinces across the country, mainly in the Chao Phraya River Basin in the Northern and Central Region and Chi River Basin in the Northeastern Region.



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This morning the water is waist deep at the gates and a couple of CM from entering the house. A big problem now is the water is contaminated with sewage as the septic tanks are well underwater. Concern is the health hazard this creates.

We are starting to move some things out today but it is not an easy job as the nearest dry road is about a KM away by boat and boats big enough to carry things like a fridge are hard to come by.

No problem for the big-wigs though there was 2 large inflatable, army style, boats went past yesterday full of Phu Yai complete with comfortable chairs and brollies, inspection tour no doubt. never stopped to talk to anyone and havent heard that they are actually going to do anything.

Flood outlook still dire in Phitsanulok



The flood situation in Phitsanulok remained worrying as rainfall continued and rivers and canals kept rising, according to an irrigation official on Wednesday.


Yom-Nan irrigation and maintenance project head Chamnan Chuthiang said officials had already installed pumps to help drain floodwaters and brought in backhoes to remove waterway-blocking hyacinth and strengthen earthen flood-barriers.

While many riverside homes were already flooded, runoff from the north kept pouring into water-retention fields with a combined area of 240,000 rai (38,400 hectares) in Phrom Phiram, Muang and Bang Rakam districts. The area now contained about 550 million cubic metres.

At Bang Kaew sluice gate in Bang Rakam, it was reported that water levels had reached 42.66 metres from mean sea level, which is 1.66 metres beyond controllable levels. Water was flowing at 90 cubic metres per second.

In Ban Mae Rakan, Tambon Ban Krang, Muang Phitsanulok, the Mae Rahan Bridge and a temporary bridge were under 25 centimetres of water, making them impassable for small vehicles.



Flood outlook still dire in Phitsanulok

Navy vessels churning water in bloated Chao Phraya

The Royal Thai Navy on Wednesday morning deployed eight vessels, including HTMS Marnvichai, in the Chao Phraya River at the Klong Lad Pho water control station in a bid to speed flow with the churning of their engines.


The effort underway at the station in Samut Prakan’s Phra Pradaeng district is aimed at averting flooding by getting water flowing more quickly towards the Gulf of Thailand.

The plan was put into effect after the release of water from the Chao Phraya Dam in central Chai Nat province was increased above 2,700 cubic metres per second.

That flow is expected to pass through Klong Lad Pho station at a rate of 29 million cubic metres a day.



Navy vessels churning water in bloated Chao Phraya

You're OK though, since we have meteorological expert Jeff who tells us that this is just "natural cycles".

Royal Irrigation debunks online rumours of Chao Phraya bursting banks

The Royal Irrigation Department on Friday dismissed rumours spread online that the department would hasten water release from Chao Phraya Dam to flood Bangkok and suburbs.


The rumour was spread with a post by a Facebook user (name withheld) on Thursday that the department would speed up the release of water from the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat on Friday. The post claimed to know that the dam could no longer hold back incoming floodwaters from upstream. The post claimed that the Saphan Daeng bridge in Pathum Thani’s Rangsit district had already been flooded and local people learned that the water would be released at a faster speed on Friday.

Not so, insisted the department in a statement released on Friday in which it labelled the post “misinformation” and said that the department had water management under control. Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi would not be affected as the post claimed.



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Worry not subsiding as 19 provinces flooded



Nineteen provinces are struggling with flooding and 113,501 families have been affected, the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said on Friday amid a litany of grim statistics.


They include 10 deaths.

Department director-general Chayapol Thitisak reported that, from October 10 until Thursday, 78 districts in 23 provinces had been flooded, affecting 125,116 households – an estimated 324,962 people. Chayapol was quoted by the National News Bureau as saying 67 districts in 19 provinces were currently dealing with floodwaters, with 113,497 households or 296,380 people affected, including 20 families that had been driven from their homes. The 19 provinces are Chiang Mai, Tak, Sukhothai, Phichit, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Sing Buri, Lop Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani, Chai Nat, Suphan Buri, Nong Bua Lamphu, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin, Roi Et and Ubon Ratchathani.

Chayapol said his department was working with provincial authorities and other related agencies to provide aid and drain off floodwater.


People in need or in danger can call the hotline 1784 at any time.

In Nonthaburi, meanwhile, the possibility of flooding has prompted the municipality of Nakhon Nonthaburi to cancel its annual Loy Krathong festivities and traditional boat races, VoiceTV reported on Thursday. The popular event usually held at Nonthaburi Pier was cancelled amid fears the Chao Phraya River would rise further, the municipality’s Facebook page advised on Wednesday.

The pier is already awash with downstream current and the seasonal inflow of seawater, and pumps have been installed in preparation for worse.





Worry not subsiding as 19 provinces flooded

Water has gone down about 2cm last night and today so we have soap..em hope in our soles that it is close to over, however I read that it is expected to take 30 to 45 days for the river to return to normal but we dont need normal all we need is quite high.

Bout an hour ago I saw a movement in the outside kitchen and a tail disappearing under a rack when I went to have a look at what appeared to be an Indochinese Rat Snake about 2m long the snake, lady boss and cat all went into panic mode. The snake was thrashing about in a confined area about a meter wide the cat raced upstairs and the lady boss was trying to drag me back inside. Couldnt get on the other side of it to chase it out so left it bit of luck it will go away by tomorrow.

Not so, insisted the department in a statement released on Friday in which it labelled the post “misinformation” and said that the department had water management under control.

"misinformation", yes.....

Chao Phraya Dam maintains outflow rate amid lessening water upstream



NAKHON SAWAN, 27th October 2017 (NNT) - Nakhon Sawan province has reported that upstream water flowing into the province has gradually decreased, resulting in reduced water volume in the Chao Phraya Dam.


Director-General of the Royal Irrigation Department, Dr Somkiat Prajamwong revealed today that due to decreasing water levels, the Chao Phraya Dam will maintain its outflow rate at 2,700 cubic meters per second, while also diverting water coming from upstream into its eastern and western channels at a rate of 770 cubic meters per second.


Water from the Chao Phraya Dam has now reached Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi, and Bangkok, without causing any flooding. Currently, 14 districts in Ayutthaya province, which lie downstream of the Chao Phraya Dam beyond the water barriers, are the only areas that are flooded.


Water flowing into the department's station at Bang Sai district in Ayutthaya is currently arriving at a rate of 2,826 cubic meters per second. Therefore it will not cause flooding in the Bangkok Metropolitan Area, which can absorb up to 3,500 cubic meters of water per second at its irrigation stations.


Meanwhile, Rangsit Canal needs to divert water from the Pa Sak River into the Chao Phraya River, meaning it will receive additional water from Ra Phi Phat Canal. However, officials have assured residents that the increased amount of water is manageable and won't overflow the canals. Those needing to report flooding can contact the 11th Irrigation Department Office at 02-531-2913.


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