Tourists, expats and Thais should brace themselves for a lot of rain in Bangkok and the popular tourist provinces in the eastern and southern parts of Thailand in the coming days.
Army helps Bangkok municipality during floods
It starts early this year: nuisance caused by local floods in Bangkok. The municipality of Bangkok is even getting help from the army to deal with the flooding caused by heavy rains. Soldiers help to fight the water and regulate traffic.
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has refused to use his special powers against Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra over severe flooding in Bangkok earlier this week.
News from Thailand – Thursday, March 26, 2015
A selection of today's most important Thai news, including:
– Governor Bangkok is criticized by Prayut for flooding
– Thai fishermen are recalled from Indonesia
– Prayut is thinking about lifting the state of emergency
– Another two days of bad weather in parts of Thailand
– Air traffic suffered a lot from the storm in Bangkok
Heavy flooding in two southern provinces
The southern provinces of Phatthalung and Nakhon Si Thammarat were hit by severe flooding this weekend. In some places the water reached a height of more than 1 meter.
News from Thailand – November 21, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Southern Thailand is not yet rid of the rain (and flooding)
• Refurbishment for 12 cycle paths around Rattanakosin
• Martial law remains in force, Prime Minister Prayut says
20 villages in Trang flooded
The weather gods work rather selectively in the South. While less rain falls elsewhere in the region, twenty villages in Trang have been flooded. The worst hit was the village of Moo 7 where the water reached a height of more than one meter.
Water management plans are stagnating, but now a drought threatens
Three years after the major floods of 2011, very little progress has been made in the field of water management. But flooding is not the biggest risk this year: that is the imminent drought due to the extremely low water level in the large reservoirs.
Pranburi is overflowing its banks
It is unevenly distributed in Thailand. In the north there is little rain, but in Prachuap Khiri Khan the river Pranburi has overflowed its banks, and the provinces of Ratchaburi and Phetchaburi are also lashed with storms. Many districts have been flooded.
Rain lashes South; floods and landslides
The weather gods have wreaked havoc in the South. Throughout the weekend, they caused torrential downpours and strong winds, resulting in flooding and landslides. The culprit was a southwest monsoon over the Andaman Sea and the Gulf of Thailand.
Chinese dam in Mekong threatens Chiang Rai
Flooding threatens in Chiang Rai now that the Chinese Jinghong dam, upstream in the Mekong, has started to discharge more water. Two villages have already been flooded. Panic set in elsewhere.
News from Thailand – September 18, 2014
Today in News from Thailand:
• Chumphon and Ranong hit hard by floods
• Gold mine: activists mislead local residents
• Debt mortgage system for rice amounts to 705 billion baht
Northern Thailand: Residents say 'no' to large dams
Residents in the north of the country who live in the basin of a river are not in favor of large dams and they want more say in measures against floods and droughts.
Keerdam discharges less water; low risk of flooding
The Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat has started to discharge less water to alleviate and prevent flooding in the downstream provinces. No floods have yet been reported from Ayutthaya.
Floods: No repeat of disaster year 2011
The chances of Bangkok experiencing severe flooding this year are extremely slim, the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) said. This is due to the fact that the amount of water coming from the North and flowing through the Chao Phraya River is considerably less than in the disaster year 2011.
Floods: Phitsanulok is now facing it
Water from the North is advancing further south. After Sukothai it is now Phitsanulok's turn. In Ayutthaya, residents are anxiously awaiting what will happen.
Water, water and more water
The Chao Praya is about to burst its banks in Ayutthaya province. Six other Central Plains counties are also threatened by rising water. The floods in Si Samrong (Sukothai) are 'the worst in 50 years', writes Bangkok Post.