Excess water estimated at 18 billion cubic meters
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The National Flood Relief Centre has estimated run-off at 18 billion cubic meters, requiring more than 20 days to drain into the sea and predicting the floods in 14 provinces to persist until the middle of next month.
Justice Minister Pracha Promnok said run-off at Nakhon Sawan alone was at 8 billion cubic meters. The capacity for Chao Phraya River to drain run-off into the sea is at 550 million cubic meters per day.
Transport Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat said the drainage would take at least 20 days to complete. The Central Region would be inundated and it will take about a month before the recovery efforts could start, he said.
For Bangkok, Sunday will be most critical as major run-off would pass before reaching the sea at Samut Prakan.
The Nation
