Thailand Floods Of 2013

[Coss]

I've said it before, when someone at the top, comes out and makes categorical assurances, I usually take them to mean the opposite.

 

i.e. if x=y, x≠y

[Flashermac]

I spent my first six months in South Vietnam in a place where officially there were no more Americans. It had been turned over completely to the ARVN. It wasn't until after we got clobbered hard and the press discovered who we were that the Army pulled us out. I've never completely believed the US government about anything since then.

[Flashermac]

Flood reaches Pathum Thani

 

 

 

Overflow from the Chao Phraya River on Sunday flooded communities on both banks in Muang and Sam Khok districts of Pathum Thani, just north of Bangkok.

 

Some residents in the flood-hit areas began to use boats to get around after flooded roads in their neighbourhoods became inaccessible by car or motorcycle.

 

Floodwater in communities on the east and west sides of the swollen river in Muang and Sam Khok were 20-40 centimetres deep as of Sunday noon.

 

Members of riverside communities said the floodwater had risen quickly in recent days and they were forced to move their belongings to safer places as well as park their cars elsewhere.

 

Boonchird Kongton, 47, who lives in tambon Ban Ngew of Sam Khok district, said he and his neighbours had caulked boats to ensure they would be ready to use after they noticed the water level in the Chao Phraya increasing swiftly in the past two days.

 

 

 

http://www.bangkokpo...es-pathum-thani

[Flashermac]

Crocs escape flooded Si Sa Ket farm

 

SI SA KET — More than 30 crocodiles were on the loose after escaping from a flooded farm in Prang Ku district on Sunday.

 

The crocodiles got out of the Ban Sanai farm in tambon Pimai late in the morning, Thai Rath reported. Provincial authorities quickly set up a unit to catch them, fearing they could pose a threat to the public.

 

The team had captured six of the escaped crocodiles by late Sunday afternoon and are trying to catch the rest of them as soon as possible.

 

Prang Ku is one of eight districts, including the municipality, hit by flooding caused by continuous rain and run-off from Phanom Dong Rak mountain.

 

Si Sa Ket Governor Pratheep Kiratiraekha said floodwater on Sunday had receded in five of the affected districts except in Muang where the water level continues to rise.

 

 

http://www.bangkokpost.com/breakingnews/370946/crocs-escape-flooded-si-sa-ket-farm

[Flashermac]

PM orders troops to help as floods worsen

 

 

Residents in flood-prone areas have been told to brace for a possible deluge caused by depression-triggered rainfall over the next few days, as Prime Minister and Defence Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered soldiers to help flood victims.

 

The floods have hit 15 provinces in the Northeast, Central and eastern regions, including Ubon Ratchathani, Surin, Si Sa Ket, Ayutthaya, Nakhon Sawan, Prachin Buri and Sa Kaeo.

 

As water levels in some major rivers continue to rise and with more rainfall expected this week, riverside residents Sunday were told to move their belongings to higher ground.

 

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http://www.bangkokpo...n-flooded-areas

[Flashermac]

Flood in south Buri Ram, Prachin Buri

 

 

Seven districts in the south of Buri Ram and two in Prachin Buri provinces have been severely hit by floods, causing damage to farmland and roads and forcing prisons to relocate inmates.

 

In Buri Ram, chief of the management section of the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Office Amnuay Thongbo said run-off from Phanom Dongrak mountain following heavy downpours last week caused floods in villages and farmland in seven districts in the south of the province.

 

The seven districts are Ban Kruat, Lahansai, Non Din Daeng, Pakham, Prakhon Chai, Phlap Phla Chai and Chalerm Phrakiat.

 

The floodwaters hit 24,000 households in 336 villages of 30 tambon in the seven districts, causing damage to more than 8,000 rai of rice fields, 77 roads, five dykes and 40 fish ponds.

 

The governor has declared the seven districts disaster areas and the damage is being assessed in order to provide assistance to flood-hit people.

 

Water from Lam Pathia stream is overflowing to flood many localities in Nang Rong and Nong Ki districts, Mr Amnuay said.

 

In Prachin Buri, near the border with Buri Ram, the average water level in Kabin Buri district was still one metre high as of Monday morning.

 

Somchai Premjai, the Kabin Buri Prison commander, said 669 female prisoners had been moved to Chanthaburi and Thanya Buri prisons while 65 female inmates had transferred to Sa Kaew Prison. Floodwaters were more about 60cm high inside Kabin Buri Prison.

 

In Si Mahapho district, many areas have flooded with roads impassable to small vehicles.

 

 

http://www.bangkokpo...of-prachin-buri

[cavanami]

In Kabinburi, the old part of the city floods. The newer areas are advertised as "flood free"...meaning they don't charge you if you get flooded out

[The_Munchmaster]

PM orders troops to help as floods worsen

 

 

A soldier with a whistle, that should help.

[Flashermac]

He is armed with a .45 calibre automatic. That should be enough to halt the floodwaters.

[cavanami]

Floods inundate a quarter of Thailand's provinces, warnings issued

 

http://news.yahoo.com/floods-inundate-quarter-thailands-provinces-warnings-issued-060619936.html

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - More than 600,000 Thais have been affected by flooding since July and more than a quarter of Thailand's provinces have been inundated, prompting officials to issue landslide warnings and begin evacuation measures on Monday.

Devastating floods in 2011 killed more than 800 people and caused massive disruption to industry, cutting economic growth that year to just 0.1 percent.

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - More than 600,000 Thais have been affected by flooding since July and more than a quarter of Thailand's provinces have been inundated, prompting officials to issue landslide warnings and begin evacuation measures on Monday.

Devastating floods in 2011 killed more than 800 people and caused massive disruption to industry, cutting economic growth that year to just 0.1 percent.

 

In Prachin Buri province, 135 km (85 miles) east of Bangkok, more than 700 inmates from a prison were evacuated on Sunday and transferred to other facilities nearby after their cells were flooded.

The national disaster department said it was offering assistance to residents in flood-affected areas, including the provision of life-jackets and boats. Those living in low-lying areas have been advised to move to higher ground.