Flooding persists in 12 provinces, with 233,180 people affected by the floods that have claimed 18 lives over the last month.
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Flooding persists in 12 provinces
SUNTHORN PONGPAO AND ONLINE REPORTERS
Flooding persists in 12 provinces, with 233,180 people affected by the floods that have claimed 18 lives over the last month.
Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department director-general Chaiyaphol Thitisak said on Thursday that heavy rain brought by a tropical depression had triggered flash floods, runoff and river overflows in 23 provinces between Oct 10 and Nov 9.
A total of 126,390 households in 2,825 villages were affected and 18 people had died as a consequence of the flooding.
Flooding remained in 12 provinces, including Prachuap Khiri Khan which was recently hit.
The other 11 affected provinces were – one along the Yom and Nan rivers (Phichit province), four along the Chao Phraya River (Nakhon Sawan, Sing Buri, Ang Thong and Ayutthaya), one on the Tha Cheen River (Suphan Buri), five along the Chi River (Nong Bua Lam Phu, Khon Kaen, Maha Sarakham, Kalasin and Roi Et), said Mr Chaiyaphol.
In Prachuap Khiri Khan, Thap Sakae and Bang Saphan districts were hit. Patients at Bang Saphan Hospital were evacuated on Wednesday after the upper southern province was battered by heavy rain for more than 10 hours.
In Ayutthaya, 11 districts have been flooded, affecting 68,915 households, Provincial governor Sujin Chaichumsak said on Thursday
The floodwaters were receding by 5-7cm a day, he said.
