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September 5th, 2006, 19:45
Train services between Bangkok and Chiang Mai, which were suspended due to flooding, are expected to resume today as repair work on damaged tracks has almost been completed.
Thawil Samnakhon, acting governor of the State Railway of Thailand, expressed confidence that train services to Chiang Mai would resume this evening as damaged tracks covering some 50 metres in Lamphun were being replaced.
The SRT has already resumed train services to flood-hit Uttaradit province.
A desperate but fruitless search for the body of train mechanic Anucha Anurak in the Yom river in Phrae province continued for the fourth day yesterday.
An express train bound for Chiang Mai plunged into the river in Long district on Thursday. The body of train driver Sathit Iemsue was retrieved from the overflowing river on Saturday.
Several northern provinces remained inundated yesterday, with Sukhothai province the worst-hit.
Sawankhalok, Si Samrong, Kong Krailat and Muang districts of Sukhothai remained heavily flooded. In tambon Pak Kwae in Muang district, 20 metres of road along the Yom river bank was badly damaged.
In Phichit, authorities used sandbags to set up floodwalls and install eight water pumps in low-lying areas to save the province's economic zones from possible run-off from the Nan river.
In Lamphun, several communities remained flooded, particularly the Lamphun railway communities where the floodwater was about one metre high.
In Phitsanulok, the Wat Bot-Pongkhae road in tambon Hinlad of Wat Bot district became impassable as the water level there had risen by one metre.
Boon-in Chuenchavalit, director of the Bhumibol Dam in Tak, said it could hold a further three billion cubic metres.
Chiang Rai Governor Udom Puasakul yesterday ordered officials to inspect the flood-damaged areas. The provincial disaster prevention and mitigation office yesterday warned residents in Mae Chan, Mae Fa Luang, Mae Suai and Muang districts to brace for possible forest run-offs, flash floods and mudslides.
Source: The Bangkok Post: Sep 5
Thawil Samnakhon, acting governor of the State Railway of Thailand, expressed confidence that train services to Chiang Mai would resume this evening as damaged tracks covering some 50 metres in Lamphun were being replaced.
The SRT has already resumed train services to flood-hit Uttaradit province.
A desperate but fruitless search for the body of train mechanic Anucha Anurak in the Yom river in Phrae province continued for the fourth day yesterday.
An express train bound for Chiang Mai plunged into the river in Long district on Thursday. The body of train driver Sathit Iemsue was retrieved from the overflowing river on Saturday.
Several northern provinces remained inundated yesterday, with Sukhothai province the worst-hit.
Sawankhalok, Si Samrong, Kong Krailat and Muang districts of Sukhothai remained heavily flooded. In tambon Pak Kwae in Muang district, 20 metres of road along the Yom river bank was badly damaged.
In Phichit, authorities used sandbags to set up floodwalls and install eight water pumps in low-lying areas to save the province's economic zones from possible run-off from the Nan river.
In Lamphun, several communities remained flooded, particularly the Lamphun railway communities where the floodwater was about one metre high.
In Phitsanulok, the Wat Bot-Pongkhae road in tambon Hinlad of Wat Bot district became impassable as the water level there had risen by one metre.
Boon-in Chuenchavalit, director of the Bhumibol Dam in Tak, said it could hold a further three billion cubic metres.
Chiang Rai Governor Udom Puasakul yesterday ordered officials to inspect the flood-damaged areas. The provincial disaster prevention and mitigation office yesterday warned residents in Mae Chan, Mae Fa Luang, Mae Suai and Muang districts to brace for possible forest run-offs, flash floods and mudslides.
Source: The Bangkok Post: Sep 5