Thread: Bangkok Will Escape Flooding: Yingluck

Originally Posted by klong toey

Just spoke to the wife all okay in Klong Toey,seems Big C and Lotus on Rama IV are being stripped of supplies.She went to stock up on Mama noodles all gone,we now have a couple of hundred packs of Lay's.

At least parts of Khlong Toei and most if not all of Phra Khanong will flood, it's just a matter of when.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingn...s-zear-rangsit

Flood reaches Zeer, Rangsit

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 07:10 PM
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The flood water has now arrived at Zeer shopping centre in Rangsit.

The express lanes are still dry but the parallel roads are now flooded. Small cars can proceed, but very slowly.

Earlier the flood water innundated parallel road in front of Future Park, Rangsit, forcing the shopping centre to close and offered its entire parking areas free for vehicles until the end of the month.

Zear Centre is nearer North Bangkok than Future Park, but both are in Rangsit, Pathum Thani province.

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Bangkok Post : MWA criticised for Khlong Prapa breach

MWA criticised for Khlong Prapa breach

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 08:05 PM
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Pramote Mai-glad, former director of Irrigation Department and recognised water expert, criticised Metropolitan Waterworks Authority for allowing Khlong Prapa to be breached, making it more difficult for BMA to defend the city in a live tv broadcast.

Mr Pramote, who was recruited to work for FROC, said he wondered why MWA did not man the canal's dyke 24 hours a day when it was obvious for several weeks that this year's floods are the greatest in living memory.

If MWA thought that they lacked manpower to protect the canal, they should have informed FROC which could mobilise forces to help.

Now that the canal is breached, BMA has to employ a lot of big pumps to drain the excess water from the Khlong Prapa so as not to innundate inner Bangkok.

These big pumps should have been employed to drain the excess water along severl canals in eastern Bangkok to the sea so as to lessen the water pressure at Sai Mai flood walls.

The big pumps could also be employed to drain excess water in several canals passing through inner Bangkok into Chao Phraya river, which BMA agreed to help relieve the flood tide.

Now BMA has to fight the battle on several fronts instead of concentrating only on the North tne the eastern front.

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Bangkok Post : Khlong Prapa level in BKK 'highl'

Khlong Prapa level in BKK 'highl'

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 08:12 PM
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According to TV news report, Khong Prapa water level in inner Bangkok is high but still below the roads along the canal.

BMA is pumping excess water 24 hours into the Chao Phraya river.

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Bangkok Post : Dams are still critical

Dams are still critical

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 07:23 PM
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Phra-nai Suwanrat, Froc deputy director and Interior Ministry's permanent secretary, revealed that water levels in major dams are still at critical level.

Bhumibhol dam level is about 99%, Sirikit 99%, Khaew Noi 100%, Pasak 138%. These dams have to release water continuously.

However, high system from China is bringing cool weather to Thailand, causing less rainfall.

Future Park closed indefinitely - The Nation

Future Park closed indefinitely

The Nation October 21, 2011 8:07 am

Future Park Rangsit will close its doors until the floods subside, according to ING Fund (Thailand) which operates a fund that owns the shopping complex.

Future Park has been closed since October 19.

ING said that the complex is spared by the floods that severely hurt Rangsit. However, transportation is difficult due to deluge into the area. It is now protected behind a 2-metre sandbag wall.

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[7.38pm] 4 risk areas-Klong Rangsit, Klong 2/Klong Sam Wa, western BKK, Klong Prapa: BKK governor TR [at]tanatpong_nna

Originally Posted by klong toey

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Originally Posted by klong toey

Just spoke to the wife all okay in Klong Toey,seems Big C and Lotus on Rama IV are being stripped of supplies.She went to stock up on Mama noodles all gone,we now have a couple of hundred packs of Lay's.

At least parts of Khlong Toei and most if not all of Phra Khanong will flood, it's just a matter of when.

We live in Soi Phaisingto been there 10 years not really ever flooded where we are locals say not have flood for at least 18 years.
The klongs near us are always empty so i am hopeful not going to get it to bad.
Plus as i mentioned about a week ago with have a new soak away the MRT.

Wait and see, at least some of the water has to come through Phra Khanong either way.

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Stagnant Floodwater Turns More Contaminated

UPDATE : 21 October 2011

The level of the Prapa Canal continues to increase and some parts have become contaminated.

The level in the raw water canal, or Prapa Canal, is continuing to rise while the water in the section near the Song Prapa Intersection has begun to emit a bad odor and dead fish have floated to the surface.

The overflow from the canal has flooded nearby housing estates and communities in Lak Si and Thung Sikan areas .


A section of Chaeng Wattana Road between Big C superstore and Phai Kiew Temple is submerged under 30 to 40 centimeters of floodwater.

Only heavy trucks and high-bodied pick-ups are able to pass on the road.

Residents there said the overflow from the canal has been gushing into their homes since yesterday and the water keeps rising, so they have decided to evacuate their communities.

They complained that no officials from the government or the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration have provided assistance to help evacuate them.

Meanwhile, residents in the Pong Petch Keha housing estate have asked the BMA and Lak Si district office to provide sandbags so they can construct a levee at the entrance of their community to prevent a runoff from the canal from entering the estate.

Small vehicles are unable to easily pass on the road and water levels are still constantly increasing due to the strong and rapid inflow from the canal.

Shops on the roads have already closed while the overpass over the canal now is almost totally filled with cars, as their owners parked them there to avoid floods, though this has caused severe traffic congestion in the area.

Pracha Chuen Road is also flooded by water leaking through the canal's levee with the water level lower than the sidewalk.

Bangkok Post : Tap water 'yellowish'

Tap water 'yellowish'

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 08:30 PM
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According to pantip.com flood report page, several posters from several areas of Bangkok report the tap water is yellowish and smelly for the past 2 days or since the day Khlong Prapa was reportedly breached.

According to an MWA official, the MWA has put more chlorine to make sure the tap water is safe.

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Bangkok Post : MEA: 'Rangsit will not see blackout'

MEA: 'Rangsit will not see blackout'

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 08:37 PM
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The Metropolitan Electricity Authority assures the public that even if flood reaches Rangsit, the authority can continue to provide electricity to the area as the flood would not adversely affect Rangsit's high voltage substation.

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Flooding in Thailand - NewsTimes


Flood waters stretch to the horizon October 20, 2011 in the neighboring provinces of Bangkok, Thailand.
Photo: Getty, Paula Bronstein 2011 Getty Images


Thai residents walk through floodwaters as they are evacuated from their apartments in Pathum Thani province, suburban Bangkok,.
Photo: Getty, PORNCHAI KITTIWONGSAKUL AFP


A girl holds on to a plastic bowl as she makes her way through floodwaters after a mud and sandbag wall collapsed in Bang Bua Thong in Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok.
Photo: Getty, NICOLAS ASFOURI AFP


A Thai woman pushes a plastic tank with her dogs as she wades through floodwaters in Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok.
Photo: Associated Press, Sakchai Lalit AP


A Thai man carrying his belongings wades through floodwaters in the inundated Ban Bua Thong district of Nonthaburi province, suburban Bangkok.
Photo: Getty, CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT AFP


This aerial image shows local residents on a improvised wooden footbridge in floodwaters, in Nonthaburi, outskirts of Bangkok.
Photo: Getty, NICOLAS ASFOURI AFP


A boat cruises down the Chao Phraya river next to flooded homes.
Photo: Getty, Paula Bronstein 2011 Getty Images


Cars sit parked on an elevated roadway over flooded streets October 20, 2011 in the neighboring provinces of Bangkok, Thailand.
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A man sits in the dirty water near his flooded home along the swollen Chao Phraya River October 20, 2011in Bangkok, Thailand.
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Nong Viphaporn,13, stands in the dirty, water filled with garbage near his flooded home along the swollen Chao Phraya River October 20, 2011in Bangkok, Thailand. Hundreds of factories closed in the central Thai province of Ayutthaya and Nonthaburi with flood waters coming closer to threatening Bangkok. Around 320 people have died in flood-related incidents since late July according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, with Thailand is experiencing the worst flooding in 50 years with damages running as high as $6 billion.
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A Thai girl talks on her cellphone at a flooded bus stop in Nonthaburi province, north of Bangkok, Thailand.
Photo: Associated Press, Sakchai Lalit AP

Thais battle to shore up Bangkok as floods threaten | Reuters

Thais battle to shore up Bangkok as floods threaten



By Panarat Thepgumpanat and Jutarat Skulpichetrat
BANGKOK | Fri Oct 21, 2011 10:03am EDT

(Reuters) - Thailand reported progress in diverting floodwater round its capital into the sea on Friday but the threat of water swamping Bangkok lingered with canals full to the brim and heavy rain forecast for next week.

After trying to hold the line for a week, the government opened some canals on Thursday to allow water to run through the inner city, carrying the risk of inundating some districts but relieving pressure on dikes.

Thailand's worst floods in five decades, which have killed at least 342 people since July and devastated industrialized areas to the north of Bangkok, are the first real test for politically inexperienced Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra, whose government has had to form uneasy alliances with the military and political rivals to coordinate the relief effort.

Bangkok's metropolitan authority is controlled by the opposition Democrat Party, while the military has a frosty relationship with the ruling Puea Thai Party because of its de facto leader and Yingluck's brother, Thaksin Shinawatra, the self-exiled former premier overthrown by the army in 2006.

The flood problem was building even before she took office in early August and looks set to cost industry more than $3 billion, slashing economic growth this year.

The 44-year-old businesswoman is resisting calls to declare a state of emergency, saying authorities are able to manage.

"It would ruin investors' confidence, which is quite weak already," Yingluck told reporters at the crisis center.

"At this moment we can see that we (the government and the people) are cooperating very well to help us get through the problem. If I declare a state of emergency, I would be telling the world that we can't help each other."

Thousands of people in northern parts of Bangkok were moving valuables and electrical equipment to higher floors while evacuees pitched tents in the city's Don Muang airport.

In the fringe provinces of Ayutthaya, Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi, residents packed into boats, some carrying the elderly on their shoulders. Elevated tollways had been turned into giant car parks, with moving traffic reduced to a single lane on some highways.

Many convenience stores in downtown Bangkok were sold out of water and instant noodles and appeals were made for supplies from medicine and food to diapers and slippers.

Some workers stayed home to fortify their houses and banks and shops in Bangkok's business districts were piling up sandbags in case canals burst.

DAMAGE, DISRUPTION

"If the floodwater reaches Bangkok, we're looking at five to ten times the damage we've already seen," Bangkok Bank's executive vice-president, Bhakorn Vanuptikul, told Reuters outside his bank's fortified headquarters.

"The damage would be immeasurable because of the disruption to people's lives."

Water now covers a third of Thailand's provinces, some four million acres (1.6 million hectares) in the north, northeast and center of the country, and a seventh big industrial estate was overwhelmed late on Thursday when flood barriers at the Bang Kadi park in Pathum Thani were breached.

The government's effort to steer the water around the east and west of the capital has had some success, its crisis center said, but people in the northern Don Muang and Lak Si districts were told to be on the alert and ready to move.

Viphavadi-Rangsit, a main road from the north into the heart of the city, is the biggest concern, with fears that canals could overflow and swamp it, said Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra.

The start of the new term for 116 schools, scheduled for November 1, would be delayed indefinitely, Sukhumbhand added.

The weather was expected to clear Friday and similar conditions forecast for on Saturday, but light rain was expected Sunday and thunderstorms in the days after, according to the Meteorological Department.

The central bank has put the damage to industry at more than 100 billion baht ($3.3 billion) on Thursday and its governor, Prasarn Trairatvorakul, said 2011 economic growth could be closer to 3 percent than the 4.1 percent it forecast. Finance Minister Thirachai Phuvanatnaranubala said growth might be barely 2 percent.

The Commerce Ministry said exports might fall 13 percent in the fourth quarter compared with 2010.

Thailand is a big regional hub for the world's car makers and most are suffering disruption, either because their plants are flooded or, more often, because parts makers have had to close and the supply chain has been disrupted.

The output of Japanese car makers has fallen by about 6,000 units a day because of the flooding. Germany's Daimler AG said late on Thursday it had halted car production because of the threat of flooding.
Thailand is the world's top rice exporter. Traders and analysts said it was too early to assess the damage, but estimated about 2 million tonnes of milled rice may have been ruined, with delays to the loading of 100,000 tonnes of rice.


A woman evacuated from an area affected by floods peers from inside a tent at a collective shelter at a disused check-in hall at Don Muang airport in Bangkok October 21, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Damir Sagolj

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Bkk Governor Admits Northern Runoff is Causing Flooding in Don Muang

UPDATE : 21 October 2011

Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra has revealed that the northern runoff has finally reached the outskirts of Bangkok and is now circling the capital. On the north, the flood water is starting to enter parts of Don Muang District. Although the governor did not issue an evacuation order, local officials in some lower lying areas are informing residents if they need to move their belongings to higher ground or if an evacuation is needed.

Sukhumbhand went on to say that he has received assurances from the Metropolitan Waterworks Authority that the situation along the Khlong Prapa will be under control tomorrow. This evening, Chaengwattana residents are reeling from floods of up to two meters in some areas.

The governor expressed concern for the west of Bangkok as well, saying that the Mahasawas Canal is now at around two meters. If the water level reaches 2.5 meters, it will cause flooding throughout the area.

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Bangkok Post : Flood has yet to arrive at Lak Si

Flood has yet to arrive at Lak Si

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 09:28 PM
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According to the latest Pantip.com flood web report, users post that Lak Si has yet to see any flood water.

However, Muangthong Thani is now flooded at no more than 20 cm due to the earlier Khlong Prapa Pakkret dyke destruction by residents on Don Mueang side whose homes are flooded due to no dyke construction on that side of the canal.

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Bangkok Post : Phra-nai to work with Sukhumbhan

Phra-nai to work with Sukhumbhan

• Published: 21/10/2011 at 09:35 PM
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Interior permanent secretary Phra-nai Suwanrat is authorised by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra under the disaster emergency decree to coordinate with BMA in managing flood situation to defend Bangkok.

Mr Phra-nai is also authorised to direct all units under the Interior Ministry including Metropolitan Waterworks Authority and Metropolitan Electricity Authority to work closely with the BMA on flood prevention effort.