Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Friday instructed 13 districts located along the banks of Chao Phraya River to closely monitor the water situation and brace for emergency evacuation. Sukkumbhand said based on Friday’s hydrology forecast, the Chao Phraya wil likely rise to more than 2.50 meters, triggering overflow in several areas. High tides will […]
BANGKOK, 27 October 2011 (NNT) – The Office of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) told residents in Sai Mai district to evacuate before noon as the area has been completely flooded. While no official closure to the area has been mandated, the flood water has pretty much covered the entire district. Sai Mai residents are […]
BANGKOK, Oct 26 – Thailand’s national Airports of Thailand (AoT) authority is confident that Suvarnabhumi Airport, the main airport serving the capital, will be spared inundation, AoT Chairman ACM Sumet Phomanee said on Wednesday. The water situation around Suvarnabhumi Airport is not worrisome and the water level outside the 3.50-metre high earthen dyke around the […]
As of Thursday’s morning, the floodwater has kept on rising in northern and western Bangkok. On Vibhavadi-Rangsit Highway, the inundation has spreaded to Wat Lak Si, located about 200 meters from the Don Muang Tollway ramp. The water level is about 50 centimeters. On Phaholyothin Road, the floodwater from Future Park Rangsit shopping mall to […]
NONTHABURI, Oct 26 – Thailand’s Corrections Department on Wednesday said 17 busloads of 617 convicted prison inmates with serious offences, including condemned prisoners, are being moved from Bang Kwang Prison in Nonthaburi as rising floodwater is threatening the maximum security prison. Police, commandos, and corrections officials are guarding a throng of security buses going in […]
A Dutch expert on flooding, Adri Verwey, said yesterday the worst case scenario for Bangkok was that “extensive areas” of the capital could be submerged under more than one metre of water, if dykes are breached in many areas. Verwey, who was sent by the government of the Netherlands to assist the Thai government warned […]
BANGKOK, Oct 26 – Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra on Wednesday warned city dwellers in all 50 districts to brace for flooding as a significant portion of the backed up floodwater from the North is arriving the capital tonight. The governor made the announcement as he inspected the water level in Chao Phraya River, which he […]
The inundation at Don Mueang on Wednesday spreaded to Lak Si via Vibhavadi-Rangsit highway and to Saphan Mai via Paholyothin Road. The water is expected to further move to Lat Phrao junction. Read more: The Nation
