Sixteen riverside communities in Bangkok are being advised to move their belongings to higher ground, check electrical plugs and to keep updated on water conditions in the Chao Phraya River, in light of the increase in the rate of water being discharged through the Chao Phraya Dam and the high tides expected from October 13th until the 23rd.
The communities at risk include Samsen Soi 19, at the foot of Krungthon Bridge, Samsen Soi 13 and Thevaraj Kunchorn in Dusit district, Tha Wang and Tha Tien in Phra Nakhon district, Pathum Khongkha Temple and Talad Samphanthawong district, Matanusorn, behind the Charoenkrung Pracharak Hospital, In Banchong Temple and Bang Khlo Nok Temple in Bang Kho Laem district, Rongsee on Rama 3 Road in Yan Nawa district, Charoen Nakhon Soi 29/2 and Chang Nark-Saphan Yao in Khlong San district.
The Royal Irrigation Department said today that the amount of water being released through the Bhumibol, Sirikit and Kwae Noi Bamrung Dan dams into the Chao Phraya River is being maintained at 2,326m3/s today.
The department is, however, draining 464m3/s from the Chao Phraya River into the irrigation system on its eastern and western flanks.
