Royal Irrigation Department warns of 20 cm higher water level above Chao Phraya Dam today

Royal Irrigation Department warns of 20 cm higher water level above Chao Phraya Dam today

Mr Dharongkorn Somton, Director of the Office of Royal Irrigation 12, revealed that following Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's order made at the recent meeting of water management officials, the Royal Irrigation Department has been assigned to control the amount of water flowing through the Chao Phraya Dam during the high tide period to protect the areas already flooded.

The Royal Irrigation Department has been instructed to keep the water level above the Chao Phraya Dam at +17.60 MSL (Mean Sea Level) during 26 - 30 October 2011. The procedure will cause the water level in the Chao Phraya River behind the dam to increase by 20 cm, after which the level will recede gradually. The effort will help protect the areas which were once flooded. Therefore, the residents along the course of the river are urged not to pull down the existing floodwalls including small earth dykes and sandbags, but to keep them at the same positions until the water level above the Chao Phraya Dam decreases to +16.50 MSL.

BANGKOK, 27 October 2011 (NNT) - Reporter : Boonyanut Chompan

News Date : 27 October 2011

Sai Mai residents told to evacuate before noon

Sai Mai residents told to evacuate before noon

The Office of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) says every resident in Sai Mai district will be evacuated to the evacuee center 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 told to move into the designated shelter from now.

BMA officials are keeping an eye on the surrounding areas of the district while Bangkok Governor M.R. Sukhumbhand Paribatra is confident that not all of the 50 districts in Bangkok will need to evacuate.

He also expected the water level in the Chao Phraya River to rise to 2.52 meters today; in which case it will spill over the barriers. The tide is anticipated to reach its height of 2.6 meters tomorrow.

BANGKOK, 27 October 2011 (NNT)-Reporter : NUPPOL SUVANSOMBUT

News Date : 27 October 2011