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"Thai authorities are urging the public to heed the warnings and monitor advice from the local government as Tropical Storm Gaemi approaches.
The storm is set to make landfall in Thailand sometime this weekend and unleash heavy downpours in Rayong, Chantaburi, Chon Buri, and Bangkok. Gaemi is predicted to intensify as it moves to the Gulf of Thailand, bringing torrents of rain to the Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi area from October 8 to 10."
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"When people see pictures of the floods in Bangkok they immediately think of the big floods last year that went on for months. This is not the case here."
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"Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi yesterday warned of a storm surge, especially in Phetchaburi, as Gaemi triggered heavy rainfall in some eastern provinces.
Mr Plodprasop's storm surge prediction, however, has been downplayed by the Meteorological Department and a natural disaster expert, who said that a surge was unlikely.
The contradictory information came as the storm, which was believed to have weakened into a depression, reached the eastern region, and rains began in Sa Kaeo, Trat, and Chantaburi provinces." Delete the scoop?
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"Command centre set up for Bangkok The Nation Preparations for Tropical Storm Gaemi underway; Army units on standby
An ad-hoc operations centre was set up yesterday to cope with the flood situation in Bangkok and elsewhere for a 30-day period as a result of Tropical Storm Gaemi, which is expected to hit Thailand by the weekend.
The centre, dubbed the Joint Operations Centre on Water Drainage in Low-Lying Areas and based in Bangkok Thai Tower off Phya Thai Road, is scheduled to remain operational until October 31. It is coordinating relevant operations among agencies involved, said Royol Jitdon, a key man in the government's overall flood and water-management operations." Delete the scoop?
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"Two reservoirs in Nakhon Ratchasima are being drained in order to enable them to fully accommodate a large volume of water expected with a major storm, which will cause torrential rains this weekend.
The government and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration are also getting ready to implement immediate response measures, including the drastic drainage of major dams in the North and the systematic opening of floodgates, to brace for heavy downpours when the Gaemi Tropical Storm arrives in Thailand this weekend." Delete the scoop?
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BP has already blogged twice - once in July and another time in late August - 0n the possibility of severe flooding in 2012. Severe in the sense at a similar scale to 2011. Delete the scoop?
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"The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) has announced that more provinces have fallen victim to the monsoon flooding, which has rampaged several parts of the country in the past weeks." Delete the scoop?
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"Thailand’s Office of National Water and Flood Management Policy (ONWF) has launched a new iPad and iPhone app providing up-to-date information on the country’s water situation: Water4Thai.
The application is available in the English language, although a lot of the content such as daily reports and “heavy rainfall areas” is in Thai. However, weather charts, rainfall reports, water levels, dam and reservoir reports and daily tides are all in English.
There is also a CCTV option that allows you to view live footage of waterways around the country." Delete the scoop?
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Honda puts flood back-up plan in place The Nation Honda Automobile (Thailand) has drawn up an emergency back-up plan in the event of possible flooding, including the preparation of a vehicle inventory... Delete the scoop?
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A second flood hit Sukhothai municipality yesterday, just as residents were starting to clean up and return to their daily business. Delete the scoop?
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Run-off water from upstream zones will raise the level of the Chao Phraya River in Bangkok by just 3-4 centimetres. Delete the scoop?
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"These last few days we have had some really heavy rain in the Bangkok area. This is due to a strong southwest monsoon over the Andaman Sea, Thailand and the Gulf of Thailand. It is expected to persist until at least Monday or Tuesday." Delete the scoop?
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A mere eight months since flood waters receded from Thailand’s capital, there is once again fear in the Kingdom that history is being repeated. Delete the scoop?
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The floods come amid concerns that the country's government failed to act fast enough to strengthen defences after last year's devastating floods which swept down into Bangkok. Delete the scoop?
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PATTALUNG, Feb 26 – Heavy rains and runoff from a local mountain range have inundated more than 1,000 homes and other structures in this southern province beginning yesterday Delete the scoop?
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"Thai authorities are urging the public to heed the warnings and monitor advice from the local government as Tropical Storm Gaemi approaches.
The storm is set to make landfall in Thailand sometime this weekend and unleash heavy downpours in Rayong, Chantaburi, Chon Buri, and Bangkok. Gaemi is predicted to intensify as it moves to the Gulf of Thailand, bringing torrents of rain to the Phetchaburi and Ratchaburi area from October 8 to 10."
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State agencies are bracing for heavy rain and potential flooding with tropical storm Gaemi expected to lash the country over the next few days, and another large storm forecast to hit on Oct 20. Delete the scoop?
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"Bangkok residents can expect more downpours and likely flooding over the next few days.
According to the Meteorological Department's forecast, thunderstorms will affect most parts of Bangkok and its adjacent provinces until next Monday. Cloudbursts are expected in many areas too.
Following hour-long downpours, traffic became paralysed in several parts of Bangkok as dozens of roads were swamped. Bangkok's total rainfall this month is already the highest for any month in five decades." Delete the scoop?
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"Many areas of Bangkok were heavily flooded following heavy rain on Tuesday, as Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said the giant tunnel does work and floating debris does not obstruct the draining process.
Traffic police said the flood levels in parts of Bangkok such as Sutthisarn, Din Daeng, Don Muang, Pracha Rat Bamphen and Phaya Thai were as high as 80 centimetres.
The flooding caused heavy traffic congestion in many areas of the capital city.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration posted a message on the social networking site Twitter apologising for the delay in its drainage effort.
"All workers are doing their best to alleviate the problem for the people of Bangkok," the BMA said." Delete the scoop?
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City Hall has come under heavy criticism from the government which accused it of being too slow to drain water from streets and roads following heavy rain on Tuesday afternoon. Delete the scoop?
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Bangkok is likely to be spared from widespread flooding this year, Water and Flood Management Committee (WFMC) chairman Plodprasop Suraswadi said yesterday. Delete the scoop?
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"Officials try to fill embankment gaps as water level hits 50cm in commercial centre
Flooding raged into the heart of Sukhothai yesterday, just a few days after Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited the province and declared the situation there would soon return to normal.
Despite the use of many pumps and other flood-prevention efforts, floodwater levels rose about 50 centimetres in the economic zones of the province.
Officials, as of press time, were still struggling to fill breaks and leaks in the embankment along the Yom River. They initially thought their giant sandbags and gabions would be able to block the water from flowing into the town and causing inundation." Delete the scoop?
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"Thailand’s flood-management blueprint received a jolt when the dykes in Sukhothai were breached by the rain-swollen Yom river last week, submerging large stretches of the former royal capital.Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra toured the flood-damaged historic city 430 km north of Bangkok, reliving relief operations that were mounted last year when the central plains, including the capital, were hit by the worst floods in the country’s history." Delete the scoop?
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After the Water and Flood Management Committee (WFMC) organised water flow testing in the western part of Bangkok to convince residents that the government would be able to prevent flooding this year, people were reassured to a certain extent. Delete the scoop?
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Some good news from Sukhothai today. The floods have receded enough for them to start a big clean up and try to return to a normal life. Last week an e... Delete the scoop?
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"There has already been a lot of talk and speculation in the media that the government has failed and that we will be hit by devastating floods again this year. These stories have now gone into the international media and once again I have started to receive emails from people asking if Thailand will be flooded this year. A short answer to that is YES! It is a monsoon country and we are in the middle of the rainy season. It happens every year to varying degrees. We cannot escape it but we can learn to live with it." Delete the scoop?
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