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Wed, 10/20/2010 - 20:58
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PM chairs ceremony at City Hall sending humanitarian, medical aid to flood victims
BANGKOK, Oct 20 -- Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Wednesday chaired a ceremony at Bangkok City Hall to send a humanitarian aid caravan and medical teams to help the flood victims in the Northeastern province of Nakhon Ratchasima.
The prime minister and officials the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) witnessed the release of a caravan of trucks carrying drinking water, mobile toilets, medical teams, medical equipment, and medicine to help flood hit Nakhon Ratchasima.
Mr Abhisit thanked everyone who helped support the civil servants work in helping the flood victims.
He has instructed BMA workers to be alert as the waters from the upper provinces flowed to the capital while the monthly high tide now time could cause problems for Bangkok residents, especially riverside along Chao Phraya river and its branches.
Mr Abhisit was scheduled to travel to central province of Lop Buri on Thursday to inspect the flood hit areas and give moral support to the officials and flood victims.
He told reporters that the overall level of emergency plan could work well and no need to upgreade the operation at the moment.
BMA has earlier ordered all district offices in Bangkok to brace for flooding, with the first surge down the Chao Phraya River from the north reached the capital this evening and high tides predicted later this week.
Makeshift flood embankments consisting of millions sandbags have been built alongside the riverbank.
BMA officials said water from the Pa Sak Jolasit Dam in Lop Buri and the Chao Phraya dam in Chainat were now the major factor of the Chao Phraya River's swelling.
The Meteorological Department issued advisory statement that a cold air mass from China has covered northeastern, northern and central Thailand.
A decrease in the amount of rain is likely, as the weather becomes cooler by 2-4 degrees Celsius.
The flooded areas may experience slight rain with little effect on flooding at this period. The areas include Phetchabun, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Saraburi, Lop Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya and provinces nearby.
The monsoon trough has moved across lower central, upper southern and eastern Thailand and brings slight to moderate rain. Besides, typhoon “Megi” over the middle South China Sea tracks north to southern China and Hong Kong. The typhoon has no effect on Thailand’s weather. (MCOT online news)
The prime minister and officials the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) witnessed the release of a caravan of trucks carrying drinking water, mobile toilets, medical teams, medical equipment, and medicine to help flood hit Nakhon Ratchasima.
Mr Abhisit thanked everyone who helped support the civil servants work in helping the flood victims.
He has instructed BMA workers to be alert as the waters from the upper provinces flowed to the capital while the monthly high tide now time could cause problems for Bangkok residents, especially riverside along Chao Phraya river and its branches.
Mr Abhisit was scheduled to travel to central province of Lop Buri on Thursday to inspect the flood hit areas and give moral support to the officials and flood victims.
He told reporters that the overall level of emergency plan could work well and no need to upgreade the operation at the moment.
BMA has earlier ordered all district offices in Bangkok to brace for flooding, with the first surge down the Chao Phraya River from the north reached the capital this evening and high tides predicted later this week.
Makeshift flood embankments consisting of millions sandbags have been built alongside the riverbank.
BMA officials said water from the Pa Sak Jolasit Dam in Lop Buri and the Chao Phraya dam in Chainat were now the major factor of the Chao Phraya River's swelling.
The Meteorological Department issued advisory statement that a cold air mass from China has covered northeastern, northern and central Thailand.
A decrease in the amount of rain is likely, as the weather becomes cooler by 2-4 degrees Celsius.
The flooded areas may experience slight rain with little effect on flooding at this period. The areas include Phetchabun, Chaiyaphum, Nakhon Ratchasima, Saraburi, Lop Buri, Ang Thong, Ayutthaya and provinces nearby.
The monsoon trough has moved across lower central, upper southern and eastern Thailand and brings slight to moderate rain. Besides, typhoon “Megi” over the middle South China Sea tracks north to southern China and Hong Kong. The typhoon has no effect on Thailand’s weather. (MCOT online news)
