Floodwater from the Noen Maprang mountain range floods Phichit, warning of high water levels in the Chao Phraya River basin

The 12th Irrigation Office in Chai Nat Province warned 7 provinces in the Chao Phraya Basin to monitor the water situation at the Chao Phraya Dam, with the water level rising by another 1-1.20 meters. In Phichit, a flash flood from the Noen Maprang mountain range has flooded Sak Lek Municipality. The accumulated heavy rain from the Noen Maprang mountain range in Phitsanulok Province continues to flow into Khlong Sak Lek until it overflows and floods the community of Sak Lek Subdistrict Municipality, Phichit Province. The water level continues to flood houses along the canal, roads, and houses along Khlong Sak Lek, which are low-lying areas, making daily travel difficult for the people. Mr. Thongsukwat Laksuksom, Mayor of Sak Lek Subdistrict Municipality, Sak Lek District, Phichit Province, had to quickly bring a backhoe to scoop up the large amount of watercress that flowed with the water and blocked the waterway, so they had to quickly remove it in order to drain the water that would flow to the area below . Chao Phraya Dam increases water discharge, dam level rises 1.20 meters? The 12th Irrigation Office in Chainat Province issued a second letter warning about the water situation and management of the Chao Phraya Basin to the governors of the 7 Chao Phraya Basin provinces: Uthai Thani, Chainat, Singburi, Angthong, Suphanburi, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, and Lopburi, to prepare for the water situation. There is still rain and floodwater from the upper part of the Chao Phraya River Basin flowing upstream of the Chao Phraya Dam in Chainat Province at an increasing rate, causing the water level upstream of the Chao Phraya Dam to rise to 16.47 meters. It is predicted that the amount of water flowing through the Chao Phraya Dam will tend to increase to around 500-700 cubic meters per second, which will cause the riverside areas from the end of the Chao Phraya Dam, Sapphaya District, Chainat Province to Ban Krathum Subdistrict, Hua Wiang Subdistrict, Sena District, and Tha Din Daeng Subdistrict, Phak Hai District, Ph ra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya Province to have the water level rise by another 1-1.20 meters. However, the rising water level is still within the riverbank. Meteorology says rain in Thailand will decrease, but the North and East will still have heavy rain. The Meteorological Department forecasts today that the moderate southwest monsoon will continue to cover the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand, while the monsoon trough will move up to cover Laos and northern Vietnam. This will cause less rain in Thailand, but there will still be heavy rain in some areas of the North and East, with very heavy rain in some areas of the upper Northeast. Source: Thai News Agency