Flood, rain warning for upper Thailand

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Today Buriram Chinese temple donation organization has been driving their rescue car and announced they are collecting money for people in need where the flooding destroyed houses, Maharat hospital in Nakhon Ratchasima has been flooded also and some people are not feeling well as result of the transfer from the hospital under the rain condition and low supply of their needs.

Here are some more pictures of the flooding occurred on the 16th October 2010 (just few days ago), the rain and flooding are yet to end and it is expected to effect Bangkok area as well as Ayudhaya and other neighboring provinces as the water go from north to south/center of Thailand.

Here are some more photos of that day: 

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Latest news of Buriram province!
All Flood warnings & Updates:
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Please see full articles + Videos here:

http://www.buriramexpats.com/buriram-news/

23/10/2010

Ministry of Transport has set the budget of 5,000 millions baht to repair flooded roads.

22/10/2010

Water flooded the bridge of Lam Nam Mas nearly 50 cm deep.

21/10/2010

Buriram Province Governor has aviation flight to survey the floods.

21/10/2010

Buriram Transportation Office has opened donation center for flood victims.

20/10/2010

7 villages along the riverside of Mun River has prepared to move their needed supplies to safe ground.

19/10/2010
Buriram Municipality has opened donation center for flood victims.

18/10/2010

Buriram Military has mobilized troops along with trucks to provide assistance to people in 5 subdistricts.

17/10/2010

Fish ponds and rice mills in Nangrong district have been damaged by the flooding.

[Bicko]

Is there anybody with news about the Lam Plai Mat area? My wife and I are working overseas and concerned about the flooding. We have shops near the PTT station as you come into town from the Korat side and also our house in Kuksart village about 15 kms south just off the Lam Plai Mat to Nong Ki road.
Any info would be appreciated.

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Is there anybody with news about the Lam Plai Mat area? My wife and I are working overseas and concerned about the flooding. We have shops near the PTT station as you come into town from the Korat side and also our house in Kuksart village about 15 kms south just off the Lam Plai Mat to Nong Ki road.
Any info would be appreciated.

Someone living in that area said its getting lower there already. not sure about the exact situation there..

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Korat's Maharat Hospital reopens 
Bangkok Post: 26 Oct 2010
Korat's Maharat Hospital reopens today
Patients happy at news 2 weeks after flash flood

NAKHON RATCHASIMA : Maharat Hospital in Muang district will resume full operations today.

Hospital director Sawannee Tangwerapornpong said yesterday Maharat was ready to resume all services except surgery.

Dr Sawannee said surgery would begin again in two days after technicians repair the hospital's waste water treatment system, which was damaged two weeks ago by flash floods.

The hospital tested its readiness by providing some inpatient services yesterday.

Wipa Polman, 32, whose eight-year-old daughter suffers from leukaemia, was relieved that services were resuming.

"I have to take my daughter to the hospital every week but the doctor cancelled last week's appointment because of the flood," Ms Wipa said.

"I'm very glad to hear that the hospital has resumed its services. Postponed appointments are not good for my daughter."

Noi Pherkhontod, a 51-year-old cancer patient, said she received an SMS from the hospital informing her that her twice monthly treatments could resume.

"It is quite strange for me. It is not as crowded as usual," Ms Noi said.

"But the situation is still not very convenient. There is still flooding here and I had to take a military truck to get to the hospital."

A nurse at the hospital, Lorsri Tangsupachai, said flooding in the area had been the worst she had seen in 20 years.

The generosity and cooperation of several groups enabled the hospital to resume services earlier than expected, she said.

"We have never gone hungry because of people donating food and drinks to staff and patients every day. That defines 'Thainess' to me," she said.

Maharat is the province's largest hospital and typically treats 3,000 outpatients and 1,000 inpatients every day. Damage to the hospital caused by the floods is estimated at 200 million baht.

Dr Prapat Ukpanan, director of Psychiatric Nakhon Ratchasima Ratchanakharin Hospital, said he was concerned that some people receiving outpatient care would have gone without treatment.

"I am worried about the outpatients who are unable to visit the hospital, which might result in their condition worsening," he said.

He said he had received many phone calls from the families of some patients and his staff had tried to offer them suggestions on how to cope at home.

Meanwhile, executives at schools affected by the floods in the province expect to have to delay the beginning of the new academic term by at least a week.

Education Minister Chinnaworn Boonyakiat said 305 schools in the province were affected by the deluge, which caused over 300 million baht in damage.

"About 140 schools in the province are still submerged," Mr Chinnaworn said yesterday during a tour of flooded schools in the province.

Sinlapasit Thapthimthongchai, the director of Suranareewitthaya School in Muang district, said the facility would be unable to open next Monday as it was still submerged under one metre of water.

The school needed to wait until repairs were completed and flooding drained before reopening.

The director of Muang Nakhon Ratchasima School, Manop Jansoongnoen, said 47 of the school's 172 teachers were unable to travel to work because of flooding making some roads impassable.

The school, which offers kindergarten and primary education to about 3,000 students, has had to postpone the opening of its new semester as well.

Sukun Suwanthada, the director of Nakhon Ratchasima Vocational School, said the start of the new semester at his school would also have to be pushed back.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/203205/korat-maharat-hospital-reopens-today

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Northeastern Floodwater Receding
-Tan Network 2010-10-26

Stagnant floodwater in northeastern provinces have begun receding with a few hospitals able to fully resume services.

Meanwhile, the flood situation in the Chao Phraya River basin remains worrisome.

As the Chao Phraya River tide continues to rise, ancient heritage sites and other important tourist destinations in Uthai Thani province have been inundated by the overflowing river.

The popular Uposatharam Temple has been swamped with more than one meter of floodwater.

Water levels are expected to continue to rise.

Locals in Phitsanulok's Phrompiram district continue to reel under week old stagnant floodwater which has begun to emit foul odors.

Flood draining efforts have been met with difficulty due to the basin-like geography of the area.

In Lopburi province, floodwater has receded by five centimeters as floodgates in the area have been closed.

At Ayutthaya's Pasak Chonlasit Dam, the water discharge rate has dropped from yesterday's 1,100 cubic meters per second to 900 cubic meters per second.

This development has stabilized the flooding situation in Tha Rua district.

However, a high sea tide has caused floodwater to rise by one to two centimeters.

Nonthaburi Governor Wichian Phuttiwinyu disclosed that communities along the Chao Phraya River banks have been affected by rising water level.

He added that although certain routes have been slightly inundated, roads are still useable, even to smaller vehicles.

However, he feared that further downpours will further inundate the area.

In Pathum Thani, an all-night downpour has prompted the Irrigation Department to install water pumps in an effort to drain floodwater.

Officials reported that water levels in the Chao Phraya are likely to rise due to a high sea tide.

Meanwhile, the flooding situation in Nakhon Ratchasima has improved as the water level has begun receding.

However, certain areas are still seeing high water levels, particularly in outer districts.

The province's Maharat Hospital has fully resumed its services, but stagnant floodwater still swamps certain parts of the building.

In Buri Ram province, floods have damaged a total of 400,000 rai of farmland in various districts, including Putthaisong, Kumuang, Kaendong, and Sateuk districts, as the Mul River continued to overflow.

As for Ubon Ratchathani province, the water level of the Mul River has stabilized, but inflow of flood currents from Nakhon Ratchasima province and the Chi River will raise the Mul water level by one meter.

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Translation from Thairath Internet newspaper:

It has been reported today that in Buriram, 400,000 rai of farmland has flooded in 19 districts after the Mun river overflowed.

Particularly affected were the Phutaisong, Sateuk, Khumeuang and Khaendong districts which are directly adjacent to the river.

Lamplaimat and Nang Rong were also badly affected.

Source: http://www.thairath.co.th/content/region/121849

[TBWG]

Hi Bums

Well had a taxi from Bangkok airport to Satuk yesterday ::: only sign of flooding we encountered was at Phi Mai but this was easily bypassed.

As for Satuk the Mun river is a bit higher than usual and flowing quickly, but I have seen no signs of flooding in the area of Satuk town, out in the boonies could be another story.


TBWG   

[Fun Smile]

Hi David nice to hear you come back home safety...Welcome home
....We went to the Restaurant Muang Pizza and visit Almog at his internet cafe yesterday...on the way back we visit our Crew at the Moon River...everythings look undercontrol and Boatracing keep going

[TBWG]

Hi Fun

You say we visited Buriram does that mean Arthur is back? You mention your boat race team,  is that a farang team or Thai? Please note I am NOT volunteering for team! Maybe see you in town, or pop in next time you are over.

TBWG

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Run-off from flood-stricken Northeast heads for Mekong
Published: 28/10/2010 at 12:00 AM
Bangkok Post: Newspaper section: News

Run-off from heavily flooded northeastern provinces is heading towards the Mekong River which borders Ubon Ratchathani, causing havoc along the way.



As Ubon Ratchathani prepares to deal with the approaching deluge, parts of Maha Sarakham and Surin along the Chi and Mun rivers have begun to suffer from the overflow.

These two main rivers of the Northeast meet the Mekong in Khong Chiam district of Ubon Ratchathani.

Water released from the Ubolratana Dam in Khon Kaen as well as that flowing from Chaiyaphum has caused flooding in areas along the Chi River in Maha Sarakham where more than 24,000 rai of farmland has been inundated.

In Surin, where 14 districts have been hit by flooding, the overflow from the Mun River has aggravated the situation in at least three of the affected districts.

The water level in low-lying areas by the river banks was 1.2 metres yesterday.

The provincial disaster prevention and mitigation office warned the floods in three districts - Tha Tum, Chumphon Buri and Rattanaburi - would become more critical in the next day or two.

Ubon Ratchathani governor Surapol Saiphan said at least 2,400 people living in Muang and Warin Chamrap districts had been evacuated from their homes due to overflow from the Mun River.

The water in the Chi River in the province was expected to break its banks in five to six days, he said.

The provincial administration was diverting as much water as possible from the Chi and Mun rivers to areas designated for water retention.

If run-off from Nakhon Ratchasima reached Ubon Ratchathani on Friday or Saturday and another deluge from the Chi River arrived on Tuesday or Wednesday, floods there could get far worse, the Royal Irrigation Department said.In the Central Plains region, the flooding in Lop Buri remained critical yesterday. The flood waters in the province have been high for 10 days.

The floods in Uthai Thani's Muang district, which has been inundated for three days, surged by 30 to 50 centimetres on Tuesday night.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/203525/run-off-from-flood-stricken-northeast-heads-for-mekong

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Thank you David...yes Arthur home now.... and he make me little happy and then he will go back to his country again sad... im crying

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Watch Bangkok flood in 1942

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Hi

Taken on Tuesday afternoon at Phi Mai


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Korat returning to normal after floods 
Bangkok Post: 29 Oct 2010
FLOODS
Korat mayor sees light at end of tunnel

NAKHON RATCHASIMA : The mayor of this northeastern province believes the flood-ravaged municipal area will be back to normal today if there is no more rainfall.

Only four communities remained submerged yesterday, Suravut Cherdchai said, with about 3,000 families being affected.

Mr Suravut said the municipal office had come up with a series of long-term measures to protect the city from future flooding.

It has earmarked more than one billion baht for the expansion of the "monkey's cheek" water retention areas which retain and slow down flood waters before they enter Nakhon Ratchasima city.

It is expected four monkey's cheek retention ponds, located in the south, east and west of the city, would be able to hold more than 13 million cubic metres of water.

Officials have completed expansion of the Thung Sri Thong monkey's cheek and have been working on improving the three sites to increase their capacity to retain water, Mr Suravut said.

The projects are not easy to implement as they involve land expropriation from villagers.

"I can't say that the city will be 100% safe from flooding. But at least the expanded monkey's cheeks will be able to minimise the damage," he said.

The municipality would also dredge sections of Lam Ta Khong River that have narrowed because of sediment. Water will quickly drain out of the city once the river has been dredged, he said.

Mr Suravut said cooperation and unity among Nakhon Ratchasima residents had helped this flood-devastated city to recover much faster than expected.

"There is no political colour here. Everybody has joined hands to recover our beloved city," the mayor said, referring to political conflicts between the red and yellow camps which have caused divisions in many communities.

Many government and private organisations had offered special services for Nakhon Ratchasima residents as they try to continue their daily lives, he said.

http://www.bangkokpost.com/news/local/203714/korat-mayor-sees-light-at-end-of-tunnel