Phuket City warns of flash floods as Bang Yai Canal tops 3 metres
Officials are pumping water and monitoring levels around the clock after heavy rain pushed Bang Yai Canal above 3 metres.
- Phuket City has issued a flash flood warning following continuous heavy to very heavy rainfall.
- The warning was triggered as the water level in the Bang Yai Canal, the city's main drainage artery, surpassed the critical point of 3 metres.
- Residents in the municipality are being urged to move their belongings to higher ground in preparation for potential flooding.
- Authorities are conducting 24-hour monitoring and have mobilized pumps and drainage operations to mitigate the impact.
Phuket is facing heavy to very heavy rain and preparing for a possible flash-flood crisis.
Phuket City Municipality has issued a warning, urging residents to move belongings to higher ground after accumulated heavy rain pushed the level of Bang Yai Canal above 3 metres.
Officials have mobilised pumps and drainage operations, with 24-hour monitoring, amid concern that upstream run-off could further affect parts of the city at risk of flooding.
Heavy rain continues as the Phuket City Municipality issues an urgent flash flood warning
As of 9am on Wednesday (July 1, 2026), the latest situation showed unstable weather conditions in Phuket province, with continuous heavy to very heavy rain causing accumulated rainfall to rise rapidly.
Phuket City Municipality issued an urgent announcement asking residents in the municipality to move belongings to higher ground and prepare for flash flooding and forest run-off.
Bang Yai Canal in crisis as water level rises above 3 metres
The area requiring close monitoring is the Bang Yai Canal, the main drainage artery of Phuket City.
Its water level has risen sharply to more than 3 metres, a critical point that risks overflowing into commercial areas and homes over a wide area.
If more rain falls, the situation is expected to worsen.
Officials from disaster prevention and mitigation units, along with related agencies, are now on the ground across the area, running pumps and clearing drainage channels as far as possible to lower water levels during this period of accumulated rainfall, in the hope of easing impacts and slowing inundation as much as possible.
Emergency hotlines opened for Phuket residents
Residents in Phuket City Municipality who are affected, need help moving belongings or wish to report a public disaster can contact emergency agencies 24 hours a day at the following numbers:
- Phuket City Municipality hotline: 1132
- Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Section: 076-211111 or 199
