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Thai PM visits flood-stricken Uttaradit Province, severe flooding continues nationwide
BANGKOK, September 13 (TNA) - Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday visited Uttarradit Province to follow up a flood situation while critical flooding remained in many Thai provinces with more affected- areas recorded nationwide.
The prime minister arrived in Uttarradit Province’s Nam Pard District Sunday afternoon to hand out survival kits to flood-affected residents and inspect the flood situation. Four villages have recently been hit by forest run-off and mudslides, leaving two people dead and many others missing.
In the northern province of Phichit, roads and houses were still under one-two meters deep floodwater. Villagers had to move their vehicles and pets to higher positions as the floodwater was rising rapidly. They termed the situation as the most serious in a decade.
In Phitsanulok Province, runoffs flowing from the Phetchabun Mountain Range to Wang Thong River swelled the river level above dykes, flooding many farmlands and roads. About three kilometers of a riverside road was submerged under one-meter-deep floodwater, becoming impassible for a vehicle of any type. People in two sub-disticts remained isolated.
In the central plain province of Ang Thong, flooding spread to several areas, where sections of dykes along the Chao Phraya River collapsed and the river overflowed.
In the Northeast, runoffs from the Phanom Dongrak (พนมดงรัก) Mountain Range flooded a road to the Phujong Nayoi National Park in Ubon Ratchathani Province. Park rangers there prohibited visitors from entering local waterfalls and Kaeng Kalao Rapid due to strong currents.
In Yasothon Province, overflowing Huay Thom Creek flooded oil palm plantations in Pa Tiew District’s Sri Than Sub-district. The crops were badly damaged. (TNA)
The prime minister arrived in Uttarradit Province’s Nam Pard District Sunday afternoon to hand out survival kits to flood-affected residents and inspect the flood situation. Four villages have recently been hit by forest run-off and mudslides, leaving two people dead and many others missing.
In the northern province of Phichit, roads and houses were still under one-two meters deep floodwater. Villagers had to move their vehicles and pets to higher positions as the floodwater was rising rapidly. They termed the situation as the most serious in a decade.
In Phitsanulok Province, runoffs flowing from the Phetchabun Mountain Range to Wang Thong River swelled the river level above dykes, flooding many farmlands and roads. About three kilometers of a riverside road was submerged under one-meter-deep floodwater, becoming impassible for a vehicle of any type. People in two sub-disticts remained isolated.
In the central plain province of Ang Thong, flooding spread to several areas, where sections of dykes along the Chao Phraya River collapsed and the river overflowed.
In the Northeast, runoffs from the Phanom Dongrak (พนมดงรัก) Mountain Range flooded a road to the Phujong Nayoi National Park in Ubon Ratchathani Province. Park rangers there prohibited visitors from entering local waterfalls and Kaeng Kalao Rapid due to strong currents.
In Yasothon Province, overflowing Huay Thom Creek flooded oil palm plantations in Pa Tiew District’s Sri Than Sub-district. The crops were badly damaged. (TNA)
