The flooding in Thailand’s central province of Sukhothai is attributable to areas upstream of the province being affected by monsoon troughs since late September, causing heavy rainfall in the Yom River basin, according to Thaweesak Thanadechophol, deputy director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department (RID).
Because the Yom River is narrow and not very deep, the swollen river quickly overtopped its banks, which led to the collapse of embankments in several locations, sending water sweeping through many villages in Sukhothai province, he told Thai PBS Online today.
About 4,000 households have been affected by flooding and more than 16,000 hectares farmland have been damaged.
To ease the flooding in Sukhothai, RID officials have diverted water in the Yom River into the Nan River, through the Hat Saphan Chan sluice gate and the Hok Baat canal, while also reducing the volume of…
