Floods hit Korat and Chanthaburi after heavy downpours
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Heavy rainfall and elevated land plots are blamed for flooding that has just hit Nakhon Ratchasima and Chanthaburi.
In Nakhon Ratchasima, floodwater was between 50 and 70 centimetres deep in Mueang district on Tuesday.
“The average 24-hour rainfall has been the biggest in the past decade here,” said Sangad Saimai, who heads the province’s weather bureau.
Heavy downpour has hit several parts of Nakhon Ratchasima since Sunday. By yesterday morning, floodwater level spread across the heart of the province including a portion of Mitrapap Road.
Nakhon Ratchasima Highway District 2 Office’s director Amnuay Rittirong said after more than 200 rai of land were filled and its level was elevated to become parking space for Save One Market, the town had lost its waterretention area.
“Clearly, the parking space has not had efficient waterdrainage system. I will raise the issue with relevant authorities,” he said.
In Chanthaburi, floodwater level ranged between 50 and 100 centimetres in many zones. More than 10,000 people in the province’s Mueang district were affected.
An informed source blamed the elevation of many land plots’ level for the flooding, saying that some land plots was elevated by more than one metre. Several cars were flooded.
The National Disaster Warning Centre, meanwhile, warned residents of Nakhon Nayok, Rayong, Chanthaburi, Trat, Loei, Udon Thani, Khon Kaen, Surin, Si Sa Ket, and Ubon Ratchathani of possible flash floods between yesterday and today.
