Copain » 22 окт 2006, 21:57
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High tides 'could bring flood chaos'
Bangkok officials are monitoring river levels and filling sandbags in preparation for tomorrow's rising seas
By Post Reporters
Fun practice
Children sprint off the mark during a race where they must pack their belongings and run, as if to escape the rising flood. The race was held at Wat Bang Put Nai in the flooded Pak Kret district of Non thaburi yesterday. — Pattanapong Hirunard
Water management officials yesterday warned Bangkok residents to brace for possible flood chaos during the high-tide periods from tomorrow until Thursday and on Nov 7-9. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, the Department of Water Resources and the Royal Irrigation Department are monitoring the water level of the Chao Phraya river to determine its possible impact on the capital.
The BMA has prepared one million sandbags to reinforce the city flood wall to cope with the higher level, said Chanchai Vitoonpanyakij, BMA's Drainage and Sewerage Department deputy chief.
Siripong Hungspreug, Water Resources Department chief, said he hoped more water could be diverted from the Chao Phraya river into farm land upstream to keep the water level low in sections that cut through the capital.
Officials predicted at their meeting on Friday that the water level in the river would rise to 2.4 metres above mean sea level during the high-tide period in November, or 20cm above the level during the high-tide period that starts tomorrow.
Bangkok's flood wall is 2.5 metres high at the lowest point. This would be increased to cope with the rising water level, said Mr Chanchai.
An irrigation official involved in flood prevention operations said the volume of water diverted into farm land upstream had reached saturation point. This would add to the flood threat the capital will face in early November when runoff from Nakhon Sawan reached Bangkok during the high-tide period.
The water volume in the Chao Phraya river in Nakhon Sawan last week broke a 60-year record, with more than 5,000 cubic metres flowing downstream per second.
The RID has been diverting the water into 18 fields, totalling about 1.4 million rai, below the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat since Oct 16. This is expected to help to reduce the volume of the water that flows downstream by 500 million cubic metres.
The official said irrigation officials are now considering whether they should find more land to divert the runoff or they should quickly drain the water already in the fields downstream after the Oct 23-26 high-tide period so that catchment areas can take in the new runoff and spare Bangkok from flooding.
''It's like managing road traffic,'' said the official.
The same official predicted that Bangkok might be spared the likely flooding in November, but its vicinity including Pathum Thani and Nonthaburi's outskirts would be flooded as a result.
RID chief Samart Chokkanapitark believed Bangkok would be spared from flooding from tomorrow to Thursday because the water volume from Nakhon Sawan has reduced.
Mr Samart, however, cautioned people living downstream from the Chao Phraya dam in Chai Nat to raise their flood walls and move their properties to higher ground.
He also asked them to closely monitor the flood situation.
Livestock Development Department chief Yukol Limlamthong warned residents in flood areas to be cautious about bird flu, which might make a return after the water receded.
''The flood areas are the same places where bird flu once spread. When the water recedes, it will also be almost the same time for us to enter the cold season, when bird flu normally occurs. If we don't keep ourselves clean, the virus could return after the flood period,'' said Mr Yokul.