At least 25 people have been killed and 1.2 million other people affected as flooding continues to wreak havoc in 30 provinces, says the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation.
Wat Bunkannawas in Ayutthaya’s Bang Ban district is ravaged by floods whichdestroyeda3-metrehigh earth embankment in front of the temple yesterday. The 10-rai temple compound in tambon Sai Noi isnow under two metres of water. SUNTHORNPONGPAO
The people who died are mainly the elderly and children. They drowned, or were electrocuted.
Nakhon Ratchasima and Buri Ram have recorded the highest casualties with six deaths each, followed by Lop Buri (5), Khon Kaen (3) and Sa Kaeo, Chaiyaphum, Rayong, Trat, and Saraburi, which have one death each.
One person is missing in Nakhon Ratchasima, the department said.
Still, the Emergency Medical Institute of Thailand has put the number of fatalities slightly higher at 28 deaths. The differences are in Rayong which has two deaths, Phetchabun (3), Chaiyaphum (2) and Ayutthaya (1).
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More than 9,000 villages in 30 provinces have been badly flooded, leaving around 1.2 million people struggling with flooded houses and farmland, says the department.
It warned people in six northern provinces yesterday to expect possible flash floods and mudslides in the next round of heavy rain caused by a strong southwestern monsoon system. People living near risk areas in Tak, Kamphaeng Phet, Lampang, Chiang Mai, Lamphun and Mae Hong Son were told to stay alert.
Bangkok-Nong Khai passenger trains passing Nakhon Ratchasima, Khon Kaen,UdonThaniandNong Khai are forced to suspend services after a section of track in Nakhon Ratchasima’s NonSung district is damagedby flooding. SAROTMEKSOPHAWANNAKUL
Meanwhile, the Royal Irrigation Department has told officials in Bangkok to reinforce embankments along the Chao Phraya River as water run-off from the North is flowing downstream to the capital with the high tide expected to peak on Monday and Wednesday.
City Hall has finished reinforcing 75 kilometres of its 77-kilometre flood wall along the river, says deputy Bangkok governor Porntep Techapaibul.
The water flow in the Chao Phraya passing the capital yesterday was 4,134 cubic metres a second, a rate considered very high, Mr Porntep said.
In 1995, the rate rose to 5,400 cu m a second, but the capital was still saved, he said.
Provinces upstream of the Chao Phraya River have flooded. In Ayutthaya, a three-metre high wall of sand bags failed to resist strong water currents.
In Pathum Thani, which is close to Bangkok, floods inundated a road and a riverside village in tambon Bang Luang in Muang district, forcing villagers to travel in boats.
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