Flash Flood - Thailand, Province of Sa Kaeo, [Sa Kaeo-wide]

Earth Watch Report  -  Flooding

Residents sit on a boat as a man pulls it through a flooded street at Srimahaphot district in Prachin Buri province, east of Bangkok yesterday.

Floods claim 45 lives in Thailand, Vietnam

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Flash Flood

Thailand

Province of Sa Kaeo, [Sa Kaeo-wide]

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Flash Flood in Thailand on Monday, 23 September, 2013 at 03:23 (03:23 AM) UTC.

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Two hospitals in Sa Kaeo have suspended service due to flooding in the province, Health Minister Pradit Sinthawanarong said yesterday. He said Tambon Non Mak Moon and Tambon Klong Takian health-promotion hospitals had been forced to temporarily stop offering services because they were under water. "Floodwater levels there are between 50 and 70 centimetres." Pradit said he also ordered hospitals in Lop Buri and Ayutthaya to closely monitor the flood situation. "(If the flood threat is imminent) medical supplies and medicines must be moved to safe areas. Power reserves must be available to ensure that floods won't disrupt the electrical system and treatment for patients," he said. The armed forces are now delivering help to flood victims in various provinces. Since last Wednesday, flooding has already ravaged many provinces in the country including Nakhon Ratchasima, Surin, Si Sa Ket, Ubon Ratchathani, Kanchana-buri, Nakhon Nayok, Ayutthaya, Angthong, Sing Buri, Lop Buri, Nakhon Sawan, Phitsanulok, Phichit, Kamphaeng Phet, and Prachin Buri."We have deployed flat-bottomed boats to help victims move their properties to higher ground. We have also fixed bridges that were damaged by raging floodwaters," Defence Ministry spokesman Thanatip Sawangsang said. He said PM Yingluck Shinawatra had instructed the Armed Forces Headquarters to support relevant agencies in flood-relief operations to minimise damage or casualties. Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi, in his capacity as chair of the Water and Flood Management Commission, was most concerned about Ayutthaya. He said people living along the Chao Phraya could be affected the most, as farmers were releasing water from paddy fields to prepare for harvesting. Ayutthaya Governor Wittaya Phewpong said the river had already overflowed in eight districts. As for the situation in Bangkok, Thanatip said the Navy had deployed 16 boats to use their propellers to push floodwater to less flood-prone areas of the capital such as Bang Khen and Thawi Watthana canals.

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Heavy rain in Thailand causes flooding in 7 provinces

Souce:Xinhua Publish By Joseph A. Cambra Updated 21/09/2013 12:25 am

Seven provinces in central and northeastern Thailand have been hit by flood, while rain is expected nationwide.
The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department revealed on Friday that a total of 17 districts of seven provinces have been hit by flash floods triggered by continuous heavy rain.
The affected provinces are central provinces of Phitsanulok, Ayutthaya, Angthong, and northeastern provinces of Kalasin, Surin, Si Sa Ket and Ubon Ratchathani.
Meanwhile, the Meteorological Department of Thailand has forecast torrential rain as likely countrywide, and the capital was hit by continuous rain overnight, causing water backup in some areas.
The weather agency said on Friday the tropical depression which came across central Vietnam, Laos to Thailand via northeastern Ubon Ratchathani province is now downgraded to a low pressure cell across the northeast, including the central provinces.


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Floods inundate a quarter of Thailand's provinces, warnings issued

Monday, September 23, 2013 12:38:13 PM

BANGKOK: More than 600,000 Thais have been affected by flooding since July and more than a quarter of Thailand's provinces have been inundated, prompting officials to issue landslide warnings and begin evacuation measures on Monday.Four people have been killed in this year's flooding. More rainfall is expected later this week."Due to a heavier-than-usual monsoon season, 21 provinces are now experiencing flooding. We have issued a warning about landslides and have told boats in the Gulf of Thailand to be vigilant," Chatchai Promlert, chief of Thailand's Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, told Reuters.Parts of Ayutthaya province north of the capital, Bangkok, have been deluged by up to a metre of water, he said. Ayutthaya town is a UNESCO World Heritage Site where several ancient temples were badly damaged in the 2011 floods.Many huge industrial estates in Ayutthaya and other provinces on a plain north of Bangkok were inundated in 2011.


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