Flooding possible during high tides: BMA
Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) has issued a warning to city residents and especially those living outside the city's flood barrier zone, that the Chao Phraya River will rise to two metres above mean sea level due to seasonal seawater inflows fr
Deputy city clerk Sanya Cheenimit on Thursday inspected the Santichon Songkhro Community in the Bangkok Noi area and the 3.5-metre-high flood barrier along Chao Phraya River. He also commented about Tuesday’s flooding, which affected 400 homes in the community when water seeped through the 500-meter-long unfinished section of the flood barrier near Khlong Nam Tan sluice gate. He said that the contractor had abandoned the construction and that the city would find the new contractor to complete the job by the end of this year. As a short-term solution, the city was installing water pumps in the community and collecting garbage to ensure faster flood drainage, he added.
Sanya said eastern Bangkok was less likely be flooded because the northern runoffs had become stable, with dams releasing less water and rainfall started to ease. However, riverside homes located outside the city’s flood barrier zone could be affected by flooding as a result of the high tides between October 15 and 17, which would cause the river to rise two metres above mean sea level.
