Bangkok Post – Floods persist in Bangkok and 21 provinces, death toll at 80

Flooding persists in parts of Bangkok and 21 provinces, mainly in the central plains, but water levels continue to fall, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation reported on Sunday.

Since mid-September, flooding has killed 80 people, the department said.

As of Sunday morning, 715,756 families remained struggling due to flooding, with around 2.18 million people affected in total.

Flooding continued in the Northern, Eastern, Central Plains and Southern provinces as follows.

North

• Phitsanulok – floods affecting 69 families in seven villages in Bang Rakam district.
• Nakhon Sawan – floods affect 4,419 families in eight districts of Phayuha Khiri, Banphot Pisai, Kao Lieo, Muang, Chumsaeng, Tha Tako, Krok Phra and Nong Bua.

East

• Nakhon Nayok – Floods in Ongkharak district and 23,835 families affected.
• Prachin Buri – Flooding continued in Kabin Buri, Muang, Sri Maha Phot, Ban Sang and Sri Mahosot, affecting 51,390 families.
• Chachoengsao – Flooding persists in Bang Nam Prieo, Bang Khla, Phanom Sarakham, Plaeng Yao, Muang, Ban Pho, Khlong Khuean and Ratchasan districts, affecting 54,729 families.
• Chon Buri – Flooding persists in Phanat Nikhom district, affecting 516 families.

Central Plains

• Uthai Thani – Floodwaters persist in Muang district, affecting 352 families.
• Lop Buri – 1,177 families affected in 33 villages in Ban Mi district.
• The Chainat – Sapphaya district still flooded and 3,092 families in difficulty in five villages.
• Sing Buri – 277 families affected in seven villages in In Buri and Phrom Buri districts.
• Suphan Buri – Flooding in Bang Pla Ma, Song Phi Nong, Don Chedi, Sri Prachan, Muang, Sam Chuk, U Thong and Doembang Nangbuat districts, where 22,598 families were affected.
• Kanchanaburi – Six districts were flooded, namely Bo Phloi, Dan Makhamtia, Muang, Sangkhla Buri, Tha Muang and Nong Prue, affecting 755 families.
• Ang Thong – Flooding persists in Pa Mok, Chaiyo, Muang and Wiset Chai Chan districts, affecting 1,583 families.
• Ayutthaya – Flooding in Sena, Bang Ban, Phak Hai, Bang Sai, Phra Nakhon Sri Ayutthaya, Bang Pa-in, Bang Pahan, Lat Bua Luang, Uthai, Nakhon Luang, Wang Noi, Tha Rua, Phachi, Ban Phraek, Bang Sa-ai and Maha Rat districts and 72,336 families were affected.
• Samut Prakan – Flooding persists in Bang Sao Thong and Bang Bo districts, affecting 2,340 families.
• Pathum Thani – Flooding continued in Thanyaburi, Khlong Luang and Lam Luk Ka districts, affecting 216,276 families.
• Nakhon Pathom – Three districts still flooded – Bang Len, Sam Phran and Nakhon Chaisi, affecting 19,058 families.
• Ratchaburi – Flooding reported in Photharam, Muang, Damnoen Saduak, Ban Pong, Wat Phleng, Chom Bung, Pak Tho, Bang Phae and Suang Phung districts, affecting 11,689 families.
• Samut Songkhram – Flooding continues in Muang, Amphawa and Bang Khonthi districts, affecting 15,870 families.
• Phetchaburi – Floods in Kang Krachan and Ban Laem districts affecting 2,726 families.

South

• Krabi – Floods in Ao Luk, Khlong Thom and Khao Phanom districts have affected 21 families.

Bangkok – Floods affecting 210,648 families in Lat Krabang, Nong Chok and Min Buri districts.

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation said that since September 16, floods had killed 80 people – 26 in Prachin Buri; nine in Samut Prakan; seven in Chachoengsao; six each in Sa Kaeo and Nakhon Nayok; five in Suphan Buri; four in Bangkok; two each in Sing Buri, Kanchanaburi, Saraburi, Chanthaburi, Samut Songkhram and Pathum Thani; and one each in Chiang Mai, Tak, Ayutthaya, Rayong and Ratchaburi.