Water from the Chao Phraya Dam continues to rise, overflowing the banks and flooding houses in Tambon Thamamun, Mueang District, Chainat, while the Chao Phraya Dam continues to increase the water discharge in a step-by-step manner. The latest update at 11.00 a.m. is that water discharged from the dam is at 2,200 cubic meters per second.
The Chao Phraya River and the Sakae Krang River, which flow together above the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat Province, have continued to rise in volume. Today (October 6), the flow rate was 2,575 cubic meters per second, an increase of 194 cubic meters per second from yesterday. The water level rose 51 centimeters from yesterday, to 17.31 meters (mean sea level), causing water to overflow the banks and flood houses and agricultural areas outside the embankment in Village No. 4 and Village No. 7, Thammamoon Subdistrict, Mueang Chai Nat District. At least 30 houses were flooded. Banana plantations and corn fields were flooded 20-50 centimeters deep. The flooding is still spreadi
ng widely.
Mrs. Sunthorn, 78 years old, a villager in Village No. 7, Tambon Thammamun, said that the water rose very quickly. In just a few hours, the water rose to her knees. She had to quickly take her car and motorcycle out to park on the road and then quickly go back to collect as many belongings as she could on the second floor of her house as she could. She was afraid that if she let her belongings sink in the water, they would all be damaged. When the water receded, she did not want to have to spend money to buy new things because the economy was sluggish and money was hard to come by.
While the Chao Phraya Dam has been continuously increasing water discharge in a stepped manner, at 6:00 a.m., water discharged from the dam was at a rate of 2,150 cubic meters per second, an increase of 151 cubic meters per second from yesterday. The water level at the dam in Sapphaya District was 47 centimeters higher than yesterday, at 14.97 meters (mean sea level).
And most recently at 11:00 this morning, the Royal
Irrigation Department’s page announced an increase in water discharge from the Chao Phraya Dam to 2,200 cubic meters per second.
Thai News Agency compiled data on the amount of water released from the Chao Phraya Dam in each past year, including 2011, when the major flood occurred.
In 2021, the Chao Phraya Dam released water from the dam at 2,801 cubic meters per second.
In 2022, the Chao Phraya Dam released water from the dam at 3,180 cubic meters per second. In 2023, the Chao Phraya Dam
released water from the dam at 1,479 cubic meters per second. In 2024,
the Chao Phraya Dam released water from the dam at 2,150 cubic meters per second.
As of today in 2011 (October 6, 2011), the Chao Phraya Dam released water from the dam at a level of 3,721 cubic meters per second.
In Ang Thong Province, the Chao Phraya River level is continuously rising and is nearing the critical point at Wat Sanam Chai, Tambon Talat Luang, Amphoe Mueang, Ang Thong Province. There is only one more step or 10 centimeters left. The
Chao Phraya River flowing through the Ang Thong economic area will reach the critical point of 8 meters. This point is the lowest point in the area and is a major risk point for the western side of the area, where Ang Thong Market is located. Ang Thong Municipality has brought in barriers to close off the risk point and has prepared sandbags to set up a water barrier behind it in order to prepare for the situation of the continuously increasing water level.
While the Flood Prevention and Resolution Command Center of Ang Thong Province announced a warning to people in areas along the Chao Phraya River to be prepared after the Chao Phraya Dam increased the water discharge in steps at a rate not exceeding 2,400 cubic meters per second, which will cause the water level to rise by 0.60-0.80 meters and will have an impact from this morning onwards.
The latest data from the Central Irrigation Hydrology Center reported that the water level flowing through the Chao Phraya Dam in Chai Nat Province is at 2,150 cubic m
eters per second, causing the water level at the C7A water station of the 12th Irrigation Office in front of Ang Thong Provincial Hall to be at 7.95 meters/MSL, an increase of 13 cm. Ang Thong Province asks people in risk areas to closely monitor the situation. Three districts of Ang Thong have already been flooded: Tambon Champa Lo, Mueang District; Tambon Phong Pheng, Pa Mok District; and Tambon Bang Chak, Wiset Chai Chan District. More than 300 houses have been affected.
Source: Thai News Agency