The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) issued a flood warning for 10 provinces and Bangkok, highlighting the risk to low-lying areas outside the Chao Phraya River’s embankments from tomorrow.
This warning follows the report from the Irrigation Department about the influence of the monsoon trough causing heavy rains in the northern region, leading to an increase in the river’s water volume and the flow into water reservoirs.
Furthermore, heavy to very heavy rainfall is expected in the northeastern, central, and southern regions from October 3 to 6.
Projected water volume at the C.2 station in Nakhon Sawan city is estimated to be about 1,300 to 1,600 cubic metres per second.
The water quantity from the Sakae Krang River and its tributaries is about 50 to 150 cubic metres per second. This brings the total water volume above the…
