Reader question: By car from Chaiyaphum to Pattaya?
I want to go from chaiyaphum to pattaya by car. I would like to know if there is a website that indicates which roads are closed due to flooding. I prefer to drive route 201,205,304 and 331. But maybe route 201,2,9,7 is safer now?
The municipality of Bangkok wants to fight the flooding along the Phra Khanong canal with the construction of a dike. 800 meters of dike have already been built from the pumping station to the old railway station.
Heavy rain is expected in Central Thailand this week
Residents of ten provinces in central Thailand are being warned for heavy rains from October 1 to October 5, high tides that can cause rivers to overflow, and flooding in low-lying areas. Floods are expected on October 9 and 10.
Mudslides threaten villages in Phetchabun
A number of villages in Lom Kao (Phetchabun) were hit by mudslides from Phu Thap Boek mountain on Friday night and Saturday morning.
Flooding causes nuisance in parts of Thailand
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has warned of flooding in southern provinces in the coming days. Flooding and landslides are expected in low-lying and mountainous areas. In the coastal provinces, the flooding is exacerbated by the high tide.
Cabinet decides on budget of 37 billion baht for flood prevention in central Thailand
The cabinet must decide on a budget of 37 billion baht to solve the recurring flood problems in the Central Plains. It concerns an area of 2,5 million rai that must be tackled in 2018 and 2019.
Flooding on Phuket and weather warning for rest of Thailand
Phuket was hit by massive downpours on Friday, causing unavoidable flooding. There were also dangerous mudslides, landslides and air traffic was faced with considerable delays. More disaster is on the way, the Meteorological Department has issued a weather warning for the whole of Thailand the next 24 hours can be quite raging.
Tropical Storm Pakhar weakened but flood warnings remain
Tropical storm Pakhar has now weakened to a low-pressure area, but there is no reason to cheer. Residents along the Chao Phraya have been warned of flooding due to the continued downpours. Above the North and the Central Plains is a monsoon trough that can bring a lot of rain.
Residents in the North and Northeast have been warned of tropical storm Pakhar, which could cause heavy rainfall. The Meteorological Department expects the storm to move northwestward through Hainan in China to northern Vietnam at a speed of 25 km/h today and tomorrow.
Will there be a Thai Rijkswaterstaat after all?
It seems that the ongoing flooding - especially in the northeast of Thailand - with poor prospects in the near future, is now also the full attention of Prime Minister Prayut. Last week he allegedly decided to use his authority to finally set up a national body for water management in Thailand through Article 44 of the interim constitution.
Rain causes flooding in border area near Chiang Rai
A lot of rain in the night has caused the Mae Sai River in Chiang Rai on the border with Myanmar to overflow its banks. The market at the Sailomjoy border is flooded. In some places the water is 1 meter high. Many sellers were surprised by the floods and were unable to get their goods to safety in time.
Thailand expects more rain and flooding in September
Mr. Sucharit, head of the Water Resources Engineering Department at Chulalongkorn University, said that next month two typhoons will develop in the Indian Ocean, weakening storms to ravage the Northeast and North of Thailand.
Koh Lipe under the spell of severe flooding
The island of Koh Lipe in Satun province was hit by severe flooding on Saturday. After four days of heavy rain, hundreds of homes and shops were flooded. Many roads became impassable.
Barely recovered from the flooding caused by the tropical depression Sonca, the heavy rains have not yet come to an end. It will rain heavily again today and in the weekend in at least thirty provinces of Thailand.
Still flooding nuisance in ten provinces
Ten provinces are still experiencing flooding or other forms of flooding. Of these, nine provinces are located in the Northeast. A total of 251.873 residents in 4.609 villages have been affected, according to the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Fourteen people have died.
Prime Minister Prayut disagrees with Pheu Thai politicians' criticism that the government has not sufficiently warned residents in the Northeast of major flooding due to the persistent rainfall.
Although forecasts indicated that the rain caused by Tropical Depression Sonca would ease on Friday, that was not the case. Parts of Thailand also had to deal with heavy rain and flooding on Saturday. Especially the Northeast and the central part suffered from it. Sakon Nakhon province was the hardest hit. All eighteen districts of the province are under water with heights between 70 and 200 cm.