Guest wowpow Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 Siam Square under water BANGKOK: -- Following two hours of heavy rains, the Siam Square area was inundated. A Nation reporter from the scene said the heavy downpours started at about 3 pm and the roads in the area were flooded at about 5 pm. The water rose so high that the footpath was under water and the water also seeped into the Lido Theatre. Later in the evening, Siam Paragon announced that it would waive the parking fee and advised shoppers not to leave its parking lot as the traffic outside were congested due to the floods. Other key roads in the city were also unde water. The floods hit Rajthevi, Din Daeng and severl other inner areas of the city. -- The Nation 2006-10-10 via www.thaivisa.com news service ----------------------------------------------------------- Traffic snarls hit Bangkok streets following heavy rains, floods The heart of Bangkok was hit by heavy downpours Tuesday afternoon, causing several roads to be inundated. The floods caused heavy traffic congestion on many main roads, including Si Phraya, Surwong, Silom, Sathorn, Surasak and Rama IV. The roads were inundated by at least 30 centimetres deep of water. Certain roads were under some 70 to 80 cms deep of water. The FM91 Traffic Radio station was flooded with phone calls, to report traffic congestion and floods on many roads in inner Bangkok. The rain started at about 3 pm and by 5 pm many roads were inundated. The radio station also reported that the traffic on the expressway also stand still for over an hour as of 6 pm. The Nation ========================================================== HM the King sacrifices his land for flooding water His Majesty the King granted permission for the Royal Irrigation Department (RID) to divert excess waters overflow the Chao Phraya River basin to HM's personal property in Ayutthaya to help absorb the deluge before it flood Bangkok, said RID directorgeneral Samart Chokanapitak on Tuesday. Following His Majesty's initiative, residents of Ayutthaya - one of the hardest-hit provinces - agreed to allow the RID to divert a huge volume of water onto their own farmlands to reduce the possibility of severe flooding in the capital, he said. Samart said HM the King's vast holdings of some 2,000 rai of land in Thung Makham Yong and Thung Phukhao Thong, Muang district's Tambon Ban Mai, thousands of local residents' farmlands had been submerged since Monday afternoon. The move had greatly reduced a large volume of overflow to Bangkok, Samart said. Bangkok would survive the critical period, as high tide would reach its peak in the coming few days, he added. However, Samart said the water passing through Nakhon Sawan had risen to 4,595 cubic metres per second and may increase to be as the highest statistic in 1995 which was 4,800 cubic metres per second. Whilst Chai Nat's Chao Phraya Dam had water passing through at 2,901 cubic metres per second, which Samart said the water amount was still controllable. Ayutthaya's Governor Somchai Chumrat said the province would compensate the landowners at the actual damage instead of the announced criteria of Bt250 per rai for the flooded farmland in Thung Bang Ban. In Angthong, residents in Muang district's Tambon Pho Sa suffered food and drinking water shortage, whilst abbot of Wat Bot Woradit in Pa Moke district urged people to deliver food to the temple's 480 orphans who now lived on instant noodles and canned fish that were running low. Following the Klong Bang Kaew earthen dam burst on Monday, the floodwater now inundated 100 metre stretch of Asia Highway. The Nation Quote
Guest pete1969 Posted October 10, 2006 Posted October 10, 2006 My BF went to BKK for a couple of days to go to the doctor, and I talked to him a couple of times yesterday while he was caught in traffic due to these floods. He said it was very bad. Pete Quote
