Thailand's plan against flooding immediately falls into the water
The dike breaches in Sukhothai could not have come at a worse time for the Thai government. She had just announced an ambitious flood plan.
Also Hi-Tech flooded
Like dominoes, they fall one by one. First Saha Rattana Nakorn industrial estate, then Rojana Industrial Park and on Thursday the dike around Hi-Tech Industrial Estate (photo, before the breach) broke (all three in Ayutthaya). The next industrial estate under threat is Bang Pa-in Industrial Estate, one kilometer south of Hi-Tech. On Wednesday, workers had plugged leaks in the dike, but just before noon yesterday the dike gave way under the force of water that…
Water continues to rise in Nakhon Sawan
Also yesterday, the water level continued to rise in Nakhon Sawan, the province that flooded after a levee breached on Monday. The flow rate of the Chao Praya, where five northern rivers converge, was 4.686 cubic meters per second on Thursday, 8 cubic meters more than on Wednesday. The water is 67 centimeters above the riverbank and three meters in some places in the capital. The electricity has been cut off; a number of people have sought safety in one of …
Nakhon Sawan licks his wounds after dike breach
Downtown Nakhon Sawan has turned into a quagmire after the city experienced its worst flooding since 1995 on Monday. The Ping River made a hole in the levee, after which an enormous amount of water flowed up the Pak Nam Pho market and beyond. Thousands of residents had to leave home and hearth and were directed to dry land. Yesterday the newspaper reported that provincial employees and soldiers tried in vain to close the gap, today the newspaper writes that municipal workers …
Dyke breach in Nakhon Sawan
Half past eleven Monday morning: a dike of sandbags and concrete along the Chao Praya river collapses: 627 villages in Nakhon Sawan province are flooded. Half an hour later: an inland vessel collides with the dike, causing the hole to expand to 100 metres. The water reaches a height of about 1 meter. Nakhon Sawan faced the 'fury' of the Chao Praya, as the Bangkok Post headlined. The levee breach occurred…
Dyke breach in Sing Buri
Man and power are being worked on repairing a dike that broke on September 13 at the Bang Chom Sri weir in the province of Sing Buri. If that fails in time, 50.000 residents will have to be evacuated to nearby military barracks. An attempt is being made to close the hole with boulders wrapped in wire nets, a method recommended by the Irrigation Department. According to Prime Minister Yingluck, the job could be done within 15 days, unless …