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More aid for Pattani as floods to stay for a week
published : 12 Jan 2021 at 07:11
40 A bird s-eye view of Pattani province in the deep South shows flooding in low-lying farmland and residential areas on Monday. (Photo by Abdullah Benjakaj)
PATTANI: Authorities are gearing up to extend assistance to more residents, as the floodwater which has inundated the southern province for almost a week isn t expected to recede until later this week.
On Monday, governor Rachit Sudphum called a meeting with all agencies concerned to plan rehabilitation schemes for residents whose farms were affected by the severe floods.
Water levels are expected to recede later in the week, as the discharge at Bang Lang reservoir in Yala s Bannang Satar district was reduced at midnight on Sunday, authorities said.
High tides threaten more flooding in Pattani disaster area
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published : 10 Jan 2021 at 18:33
1 The municipality in Muang district of Pattani is flooded on Saturday before floodwaters continued to rise on Sunday. (Photo from Pattani public relations office Facebook page)
High tides could exacerbate flooding in Pattani after the municipality was inundated by water overflowing the banks of the river.
Most areas in Muang district have been underwater since Saturday, when a large volume of water released from Bang Lang dam in Yala s Bannang Satar district burst the banks of the Pattani River in the municipality.
Several roads in the town centre were flooded despite machines pumping floodwater back to the river around the clock.
PATTANI (Jan 10): Severe floods following heavy rain in four provinces in southern Thailand Narathiwat, Pattani, Yala and Songkhla have claimed three lives to date and affected almost 60,000 families.
In a statement today, Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said continuous heavy rain since Jan 4 have affected 58,497 families in 32 districts.
“To date, three fatalities were reported, while another person is still missing,” it said.
Narathiwat is the worst-hit province, with 448 villages and 25,211 families affected, followed by Yala (15,229 families), Pattani (10,508) and Songkhla (7,549).
In Pattani, several low-lying areas were flooded, following the high-tide phenomenon and water released from the Bang Lang Dam in Yala.
Southern provinces still submerged by floods
Southern provinces still submerged by floods
PATTANI: The monsoon in the southern region has now started to ease, but many areas especially those near the Pattani river remain submerged by flood waters. The water level in the Pattani river has been rising since a reservoir upstream had to start discharging water.
Photo: NNT
The water level in the Pattani river this morning (Jan 9) was close to overflowing into areas beside it, much of it water discharged from the reservoir at Bang Lang Dam upstream. It is likely that water will flood business areas in Pattani’s city center, if water from Yala flows in this direction over the next couple of days, reports state news agency NNT.