Despite officers hoping for a discount in the heavy rainfall and flooding affecting many components of Thailand, it appears the situation isn’t easing but. Residents in Bangkok, alongside the capital’s Chao Phraya River, have been put on excessive alert over potential flooding. ติดตั้งโซล่าเซลล์บ้าน reports that the warning comes as 3,000 cubic metres of water per second flows through components of Ayutthaya, heading for the capital. Bangkok governor, Aswin Kwanmuang has expressed concern that water ranges within the Chao Phraya River might rise by between 30cm and half a metre.
Residential riverfront communities, housing 239 families in 7 Bangkok districts have been placed on high alert. Meanwhile, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is utilizing sandbags to reinforce parts of the floodwall that stretches from Rama VII Bridge to the district of Bang Na, with 97 pumping stations on standby in the occasion of overflow.
Elsewhere in the nation, Praphit Chanma from the Royal Irrigation Department says officers are monitoring reservoirs in Phetchaburi, Prachuap Khiri Khan, Chumphon, and Ranong. According to the Bangkok Post report, an overflow of water is being discharged by a number of reservoirs, placing downstream areas susceptible to further flooding.
Meanwhile, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation says that round 286,000 residents across 32 provinces have been affected by flooding, with the impact nonetheless being felt in parts of the Northeast, North, and Central Thailand. So far, 8 individuals have been killed by the floods..