Floods: Another month of suffering
Flooding in the Central Plains and the East will end next month, said Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, chairman of the Water and Flood Management Commission (WFM).
In the East, 870 million cubic meters of water still have to be drained, but that can only flow away when the water level in the Prachin Buri and Bang Pakong rivers has fallen. Then 'water propelling machines' are used to 'push away' the water during the low tide.
The minister is not concerned about possible flooding in the Min Buri and Nong Chok districts of Bangkok. According to him, water from the Bang Kapong river does not reach the eastern fields of Rangsit north of Bangkok, because all weirs are closed.
According to government spokesman Teerat Rattanasevi, the flooding in the Chao Praya basin is decreasing, but the situation remains 'fickle' at high tide.
Wat Bang Tan in Prachin Buri is still under 1,5 meters of water as water from the Prachin Buri River spreads and flows into the Bang Kapong River behind the temple.
The death toll from the floods has now risen to 61. Since September 17, 21 provinces have been affected. 4.377 villages are still under water, 807.695 people in 275.765 households have been affected, according to figures from the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department.
Heavy rains are expected in the coming days in Nakhon Ratchasima, Chaiyaphum, Surin, Buri Ram, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Roi Et, Kalasin, Sakon Nakhon, Nakhon Phanom, Mukdahan, Ubon Ratchathani, Amnat Charoen, Si Sa Ket, Yasothon, Nong Khai and Bung Kan. They are caused by the weakened typhoon Nari, which arrived over Vietnam yesterday.
(Source: Bangkok Post, October 16, 2013)
“Next month the floods will come to an end.” I think you can also draw that conclusion if you read some traveler's guide. And it doesn't even have to be recent.
Am not currently in Pattaya myself, but was sent this photo from the Beachroad. I personally never saw that much water there.
I heard that it rained terribly in Pattaya, maybe this is the reason for the photo...
YES that's right Marc, I heard this too. Rained all night and day and quite hard.
Yes Ronny experienced nothing else for 15 years, but this on the beach road was new to me. In 14 days we will certainly have dry feet again in Pattaya and we will be sitting on the beach in the sun.
Flooding on Beachroad was caused by the fact that they forgot to build a water passage directly to the sea during the construction of the new pedestrian promenade, so the Beachroad is now under water at the slightest rain shower. There are now also sandbags in front of the beach to prevent pieces of beach and beach chairs from flowing away.