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Wed, 09/14/2011 - 12:49
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Thailand's flood victims suffering stress
BANGKOK, September 14 (TNA) - Flooding in Thailand is still far from relief and affected people appear to have been extremely stressed, as the Ministry of Public Health has found over 200 flood victims developing suicidal tendencies.
Thai Deputy Public Health Minister Torphong Chaiyasarn spoke of the flood impact on Wednesday when he led a mobile team of psychiatrists to assist the flood victims in Ang Thong, one of several provinces severely damaged by floods in Thailand's Central Plain.
Torphong acknowledged that the current floods in 22 Thai provinces have caused some 586 affected people to be extremely stressed, 1,465 others to be depressed and 213 people to be hopeless and have suicidal tendencies, most of whom, or 59, are in the lower northern Pitsanulok Province.
Regarding the updated flooding situation, sporadic downpours have continued in the northern Uttaradit but relief operations have gained momentum, with a search for two local people missing in a recent landslide having been actively carried on.
In Nakhon Sawan Province in the Lower Thai North, floodwater has been rising in several areas, with some 800 houses in three communities of the Nakhon Sawan Municipality being about three meters under water.
In the central Ayutthaya Province, the overflowing Chao Phraya River flooded Bang Pa-in District early Wednesday morning, forcing over 100 local households to hurriedly evacuate to safe places, together with their belongings, as the floodwater has kept rising.
In Lop Buri Province, also in the central region, people in Baan Mi and Tha Wung Districts have moved their senior and young relatives, as well as their belongings to high grounds, as the Bang Chom Sri Dam in the adjacent Sing Buri Province have broken down with excessive amounts of water flowing to Lop Buri.
Meanwhile, the Bhumibol Dam in Thailand's northwestern Tak Province has reportedly enough room to cater 1,989 million more cubic meters of water, accounting for some 15 per cent of its full capacity; while having discharged some 20 million cubic meters of water daily, a limit set by authorities to cushion impacts on local people. (TNA)
Thai Deputy Public Health Minister Torphong Chaiyasarn spoke of the flood impact on Wednesday when he led a mobile team of psychiatrists to assist the flood victims in Ang Thong, one of several provinces severely damaged by floods in Thailand's Central Plain.
Torphong acknowledged that the current floods in 22 Thai provinces have caused some 586 affected people to be extremely stressed, 1,465 others to be depressed and 213 people to be hopeless and have suicidal tendencies, most of whom, or 59, are in the lower northern Pitsanulok Province.
Regarding the updated flooding situation, sporadic downpours have continued in the northern Uttaradit but relief operations have gained momentum, with a search for two local people missing in a recent landslide having been actively carried on.
In Nakhon Sawan Province in the Lower Thai North, floodwater has been rising in several areas, with some 800 houses in three communities of the Nakhon Sawan Municipality being about three meters under water.
In the central Ayutthaya Province, the overflowing Chao Phraya River flooded Bang Pa-in District early Wednesday morning, forcing over 100 local households to hurriedly evacuate to safe places, together with their belongings, as the floodwater has kept rising.
In Lop Buri Province, also in the central region, people in Baan Mi and Tha Wung Districts have moved their senior and young relatives, as well as their belongings to high grounds, as the Bang Chom Sri Dam in the adjacent Sing Buri Province have broken down with excessive amounts of water flowing to Lop Buri.
Meanwhile, the Bhumibol Dam in Thailand's northwestern Tak Province has reportedly enough room to cater 1,989 million more cubic meters of water, accounting for some 15 per cent of its full capacity; while having discharged some 20 million cubic meters of water daily, a limit set by authorities to cushion impacts on local people. (TNA)
