Re: Green and verdant Isaan

On Oct 13, 4:02 pm, Alex Gitlits <agitl...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Good to see green rice fields, Sandy. Great for people of Isaan.

Alex



Yes it is Alex but too much more rain could cause major losses.


http://www.nationmultimedia.com/2007/10/13/national/national_30052332.php


50,000 families hit by Kalasin flooding


50,000 families hit by Kalasin flooding
The flood situation in the northeastern province of Kalasin has eased
but the inundation is reported to have damaged some 80,000 rai of
farmland and affected about 50,000 households.

Published on October 13, 2007


A 50 year-old man was drowned yesterday in flood water while fishing
in Phitsanulok's Muang district, bringing the province's death toll to
five.

The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department (DPMD) yesterday
warned tourists visiting the 267 waterfalls nationwide of flash floods
and urged them to observe danger signs and listen to warning alerts.

Kalasin deputy governor Pongsak Nartprada yesterday said the flooding
situation in the province was stable since the rain stopped on
Thursday night.

Water was pouring into the Lam Pao Dam - currently containing 277
million cubic metres more than its capacity of 1.43 billion cubic
metres - at 34 million cubic metres per day, which the dam is
releasing into the Pao River.

Pongsak reported that 50,000 families and 80,000 rai of farmland had
been affected by flood waters. Officials have prepared relief bags to
assist them.

In Roi Et's Thung Khao Luang area, residents of Tambon Beung Ngam were
erecting barriers along a river to keep water from gushing into some
4,000 rai of farmland.

In Phitsanulok's Muang district, the body of fisherman Samreung
Dangkaew, 50, was retrieved yesterday morning from Klong Ong Ang in
Tambon Aranyik, which suffered run-offs from Wang Thong district.
Police suspect that Samreung accidentally fell into the water and got
entangled in a fishing net at night and drowned.

The flooding situation in the district remained critical, with
residents having suffered inundation for a week due to continuing
northern run-offs and steady rain.

Captain Pisit In-eium said about 180 households - many housing police
and Army officers and nurses - in Siwaporn Village in Tambon Aranyik
were under water.

In Phichit, forest run-offs hit 300 homes in five communities of Muang
Taphan Hin municipality. Fifty families in Rom Klao community were
unable to stay in their homes as flood waters reached nearly three
metres. They are now living in roadside tents.

Five villages in Bang Mun Nak district were also on a verge of being
flooded by the Nan River overflowing, and set up flood barriers while
officials provided them with drinking water and dried food.

DPMD director-general Anucha Mokkhavesa warned that heavy downpours
all over the country could lead to flash floods in waterfalls. A DPMD
survey found 267 flash flood-prone waterfalls, mostly located in
national parks and wildlife sanctuaries.

He urged visitors with children to be extra-cautious, strictly abide
by warning signs and suggestions by security officials and refrain
from swimming in a waterfall after heavy rain. The danger signs to
watch for include rapidly increasing water levels and water turning an
orange or reddish colour.

Up north, Jae Son National Park in Lampang's Muang Pan district has
prohibited Thai and foreign tourists from swimming in the second tier
of the seven-tier Jae Son Fall, as it is prone to flash floods.

Down south, following days of heavy rain, residents of Tambon Nong
Chang Lan in Trang's Huay Yot district urged authorities to inspect a
seven-metre-deep and six-metre-wide sinkhole and nearby cracks in the
earth's surface in a rubber plantation, as they feared it might affect
their residential areas.

The Nation

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