On Friday morning, Sakon Nakhon residents woke up to find their city being submerged by flash flooding caused by heavy rains. Hannarong Yaowalers, Thai-Water Partnerships chairman, said that the disaster in Sakon Nakhon was not the first and would not be the last, unless the disaster warning system was improved. “What we have experienced in Sakon Nakhon is that the precipitation in the province increased over 200 millimetres within a short period,” he said. Hannarong stated that the system should warn people immediately when there is any indication of disaster. “It is quite simple to warn the people about flood, because we already have the monitoring system for precipitation and water levels in the reservoirs,” he said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok July 29, 2017 17:03 UTC