Flooding in Boyztown ,second road includes video

[lonelywombat]

For many years one of my trips was during September and I can remember flooded roads in Pattayaland and in particular the corner of Second and South roads.

It has been pissing down the last few days

[youtube:38d3r7lu]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhIHQogs4P4[/youtube:38d3r7lu]

The worst september flooding Ive seen was some years ago in Bangkok ,where there were sandbags outside every building in Silom Road.

The year of the king tide.

Hi,

Pattaya is still doing better than Siem Reap at the moment!

[witchhunt]

Todays Bangkok Post suggests that the flooding of 2002 could be equalled as floods are being reported all over Thailand
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Flood disaster death toll rises to 83
Provinces brace for more inundation next week

Published: 14/09/2011 at 12:00 AM
Newspaper section: News

The nationwide death toll in the recent flooding disaster has risen to 83 in less than two months as downstream provinces near the Chao Phraya River, including Bangkok, brace for more heavy flooding next week.

Residents ask, will it ever stop?
Water from the Chao Phraya River rushes in to flood the floor of a riverside house in Bang Phlad near theRamaVII Bridge yesterday. Large swells hit this old ladyтАЩs house every time a boat on the river passes by her home. NATTHITI AMPRIWAN

The number of provinces affected by floods increased from 14 last week to 23 yesterday. Sukhothai has the highest number of flood casualties at 23, the Disaster Mitigation and Prevention Department reported.

Irrigation Department chief Chalit Damrongsak said the flow rate of the Chao Phraya was expected to reach 3,700-3,900 cubic metres per second this week, the same amount of water that flowed during the 2002 flood disaster.

The water mass coming from the Ping River in Kamphaeng Phet and Pasak River was expected to reach Bang Sai district of Ayutthaya next Monday and would enter Bangkok in a matter of hours, later he said.

This would cause flooding in provinces downstream of the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat province. Riverside areas would be badly affected, Mr Chalit said, adding that central provinces downstream of the dam should increase the height of their flood walls.

In Nakhon Sawan, overflow from the Chao Phraya caused a two-metre-high flood embankment in Muang district to collapse early yesterday. More than 800 households were flooded, with the water level rising to three metres.

Ang Thong province also experienced a sudden inundation when a flood wall burst, sending huge amounts of water into more than 1,000 households in several communities in Muang district at 4am. The flood water rose to over a metre.

Pathum Thani governor Peerasak Hinmuangkao yesterday declared flood-hit communities in seven districts disaster zones.

In tambon Samlae of Muang district, the water level in major canals rose to almost three metres above the mean sea level. More water was expected in a few days as the central province would absorb runoff from the North as well as heavy rains in the province.

In Ayutthaya, the Ayothaya municipality yesterday ordered the reinforcement of an earth embankment at a bridge near Wat Dusit in tambon Hantra of Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya district after northern runoff caused the embankment to collapse. This sent water from Hantra canal to flood several communities in the district. More than 6,000 households, as well as Ayothaya Floating Market, have been inundated.

In Tak, forest runoff damaged three bridges in Mae Sot district and flooded two communities _ tambon Dan Mae Lamao and tambon Pawor. This left residents in 15 villages isolated.

The Moei River along the Thai-Burmese border yesterday burst its banks and flooded about 10 piers along the river. More than 300 shops at a riverside market were forced to close down due to flooding. Flood water rose to more than two metres.

The cabinet yesterday approved a 327-million-baht budget to help flood victims in Nakhon Si Thammarat, Uttaradit, Ayutthaya and Chai Nat provinces.

Prime Minister's Office spokeswoman Thitima Chaisang said 316 million baht were allotted to Ayutthaya and Chai Nat to be used for housing repairs.

According to the survey by the government's flood relief committee, the 53,087 families in these two provinces were affected since last year but had not received any help.

The budget of 3.5 million baht will be used to help 705 families in the four landslide-struck villages in tambon Nam Phai of Uttaradit's Nam Pat district. Each family would also receive 5,000 baht in compensation, she said.

More than 1,500 families in Tha Sala district, Nakhon Si Thammarat, who were due payment since the last government, would be paid 5,000 baht each, a total of 7.5 million baht.

Deputy spokesman Anusorn Iamsa-ad said Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has encouraged each minister in her cabinet to visit the flood-hit provinces.

[corky]

There are some very good photos of flooded boyztown on the Gay Ting Tong website.

http://www.gaytingtong.com/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=8135