widespread flooding Thailand reach a crisis level, they are the worst in decades.
Prime Minister Yingluck acknowledged yesterday that the government is almost at its wits' end as the amount of water is more than estimated, exceeding the storage capacity of reservoirs and water flows have damaged a number of weirs. She left no doubt that Bangkok and neighboring provinces are facing grim times.
Fifty-nine counties are now affected by the water, with 30 of them suffering serious damage. 252 people have died. The entire province of Ayutthaya has been declared a disaster area.
Between October 15 and 17, the situation becomes critical when the water from the north reaches Bangkok at high tide. The municipality has already opened 90 percent of its weirs and discharges 1 million cubic meters of water per day to the sea. The municipality cannot do more because the water level in all canals is very high.
The government's priority is to accelerate the discharge of water to the sea before 7000 million cubic meters of water arriving from the North reaches the central provinces via Sukothai, Kamphaeng Phet, Phitsanulok and Nakhon Sawan. Water discharge from the Chao Praya reservoir will be increased to mitigate the impact on the downstream provinces of Ang Thong, Chai Nat, Sing Buri, Lop Buri and Ayutthaya. The reservoir can discharge 3.570 cubic meters per second.
Other news:
- A command center has been set up at Don Mueang airport and is on standby 24 hours a day. The Ministers of Justice and Science and Technology and the Permanent Secretary of BiZa are in charge.
- The Minister of Defense has called on all military units to provide assistance and shelter to victims. People who have had to leave their homes are housed in military barracks.
- All reservoirs in the North are overflowing; they have to discharge water, said the Minister of Agriculture.
- The meteorological service warns that Bangkok and the central provinces are under the influence of a low pressure area, which will continue until next week stir cares.
- Part of the Asian Highway is being sacrificed to protect the approximately 100 factories on the Rojana industrial estate (Ayutthaya) from flooding. The damage would be too great and hundreds of thousands of workers would be duped if the site is flooded. Also, the industries on Map Ta Phu would suffer as it is a major supplier of parts to other industrial estates. The water could also spread in Rangsit (Pathum Thani).
- About 10 kilometers of the Asian Highway, the main connection with the North, was closed on Friday after the road was previously flooded.
- The factories on the Ban Wa industrial estate in Bang Pa-in have been advised to cease production to prevent damage.
- In Ayutthaya, forty buildings have been set up as shelters for victims. 5000 people can go; so far there are 250. In the next two or three days, the water in Ayutthaya will rise 70 cm, the governor expects.
- An earthen dike that protected Wat Kasattrathirat (Ayutthaya) has collapsed. Temple and nearby houses were flooded.
- Unesco has expressed its willingness to assist in protecting World Heritage sites in Ayutthaya province.
- In Pathum Thani, a sandbag wall, which was used to protect the Siriwatthana market in Muang district, collapsed. The fresh market was flooded up to 1 meter.
- City Hall Bangkok is holding a lai nam (water dispelling) ritual this afternoon: first a Brahmin and then a Buddhist. Honor is paid to the Water Goddess and to a Buddha statue in the Stopping the Ocean position.
- Three shopping malls offer free parking for flood victims who can no longer park their cars at their homes: Future Park Rangsit, Fashion Island Rangsit and Tang Hua Seng in Thon Buri. Don Mueang Airport also offers this service.
- Honda parked its cars on Don Mueang awaiting delivery at the Ayutthaya factories. Honda has 2 factories on the Rojana industrial estate. They are not yet bothered by the water because they are built on a mound and have a prevention system. But production has come to a standstill because the suppliers on Saha Rattanan Nakorn are under water.
Unesco is therefore going to do everything to save a lot of stones and to pump money into historical heritage.
Unbelievable, what happens to the millions of people who have lost everything, NOTHING.
Saving a lot of stones is possible, but human suffering has no count
yes, but that was no longer known
human life is not counted only the (richer people)
it will always be
so yellow or red would be a concern to them
@Dick van der Lugt
Great coverage as we are used to from you! Thank you!
Luc, Let me first start by wishing you a lot of strength there. I understand your anger, I understand your misunderstanding, etc. etc. But it is also necessary to put everything into perspective and map it out. Unesco is a cultural heritage organization, has nothing to do with floods. in Thailand people should stop making excuses every time we did not expect this height from the North. One can calculate it! In my opinion, Bangkok is also the only metropolis in the world that is always under pressure from too much rain. Nice than with so many inhabitants. One can start dredging that river in Bangkok! Yes it costs a fortune and takes years, no now that you spend billions every year in emergency funds and aid and more importantly: your own people cannot guarantee safety!
Because most of them come from the Netherlands, you just have to google and then type in the Rhine (wiki) and then look at drainage and safety. Then it becomes a bit clearer to everyone how to handle something like this. I am amazed by that data and especially proud! The Thai must now put their shoulders under it AND solve it and think ahead. Not for now, not for 10 years, but for the next 40 years! A major change in culture, but necessary to guarantee the safety of the Thai population. Good luck to everyone who is here now and going!
From my heart!
great response Marcos, Luc's, worries aside
It hasn't been happening much lately, but totally agree with you. They have to put their shoulders under it. They have strong shoulders. Just look
that they all look around with to sell something. This isn't meant as a joke.
The brave Thai is not lazy and sometimes walk for miles to sell a few things.
To finally have bread (rice) on the shelf.
Let's finally use that will to survive on the one who does
in charge of putting more pressure for a better future.
Cor.
Yes Cor, this is a serious subject and well women…..55555
I always say there are only 2 bad things in the world: “Women and Money”.
Where do we do that beer at the end of the month?
Of course Soi Bukaow. Market Tuesday and Friday. South Pattaya road. Drive towards the sea.
Is in front of the large temple on the right. Can't miss. We are always with keyman.
The whole world passes you by. You won't want to miss it.
I'm not going to give my phone number here.
You can request my email from the editor. I give permission for that.
The editors know about our discussion.
Cor.
Hans isn't your reaction a bit exaggerated with your Bloody States of America you should say about Thailand and you won't get in right away.
That way I was reassured again, but now I had to look up the word generosity again, yes you have that if you are not the average NRC reader, but yes I am glad about that.
Went to Don Muang yesterday. The old national part is full of cars with both the entrances and exits full. Paragon and other large stores already have sandbags in front of the basement entrances. But in the Klongs the water is at normal levels. Yesterday I asked myself why that had not been pumped to a lower level as a precaution.
I feel terribly sorry for those people who have had and
keep sitting in the water, and with the prospect of how long will it last
before everything is back to normal.
I wouldn't be able to come up with anything sensible myself at the moment.
I think thailand should hurry to implement one for the future
kind of delta works to prevent this misery in the future otherwise it will be
the land with a tear, instead of a smile.