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Authority warns of flashfloods, landslides in Thai North; overflows in central basin
BANGKOK, September 1 (TNA) - Thailand's Emergency Operation Centre for Flood, Storm and Landslide (EOC) has issued an alert warning of possible flash floods and landslides in five northern Thai provinces, namely Pitsanulok, Petchabun, Loei, Nan and Chiang Rai.
The alert also warned of overflows throughout this week in Thailand's four central basin provinces, namely Chainat, Singburi, Angthong and Ayutthaya, as the Chao Phraya Dam is now catering rising water inflows, at some 2,259 cubic metres lately.
Deputy Director General of the Thai Ministry of Interior's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Chatpong Chatputi, who is also the EOC's Deputy Director, confirmed that a total of 36 Thai provinces have been declared inundation disaster areas, affecting some 1.13 million households; while 28 of the flood-hit provinces have reported improving conditions.
Chatpong said Thailand's ongoing flood crisis has remained in eight provinces, including Sukothai, Pichit, Pitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan, Ayutthaya, Angthong, Chainat and Ubon Ratchathani, affecting some 134,275 households and some 3.37 rais of farmlands and having killed at least 55 people.
The senior Thai official also predicted continual rainfalls in the country's lower northern and upper northeastern regions over the next couple of days, heightening the risks of landslides and flashfloods in Petchabun, Loei, and Chiang Rai Provinces during the period.
According to the senior Thai Interior Ministry official, the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives' Royal Irrigation Department has limited the amount of water flowing through the Chao Phraya Dam this week down to about 2,100 cubic metres per second, from some 2,200-2,400 cubic metres per second recently, which will cause low-lying provinces of Chainat, Singburi, Angthong and Ayutthaya to record daily water-level rises by some 60-70 centimetres. (TNA)
The alert also warned of overflows throughout this week in Thailand's four central basin provinces, namely Chainat, Singburi, Angthong and Ayutthaya, as the Chao Phraya Dam is now catering rising water inflows, at some 2,259 cubic metres lately.
Deputy Director General of the Thai Ministry of Interior's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Chatpong Chatputi, who is also the EOC's Deputy Director, confirmed that a total of 36 Thai provinces have been declared inundation disaster areas, affecting some 1.13 million households; while 28 of the flood-hit provinces have reported improving conditions.
Chatpong said Thailand's ongoing flood crisis has remained in eight provinces, including Sukothai, Pichit, Pitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan, Ayutthaya, Angthong, Chainat and Ubon Ratchathani, affecting some 134,275 households and some 3.37 rais of farmlands and having killed at least 55 people.
The senior Thai official also predicted continual rainfalls in the country's lower northern and upper northeastern regions over the next couple of days, heightening the risks of landslides and flashfloods in Petchabun, Loei, and Chiang Rai Provinces during the period.
According to the senior Thai Interior Ministry official, the Thai Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives' Royal Irrigation Department has limited the amount of water flowing through the Chao Phraya Dam this week down to about 2,100 cubic metres per second, from some 2,200-2,400 cubic metres per second recently, which will cause low-lying provinces of Chainat, Singburi, Angthong and Ayutthaya to record daily water-level rises by some 60-70 centimetres. (TNA)
