The institute staff also said there should be regular inspections of reservoirs and preparation plans in case of dam failure after a reservoir was damaged in Sakon Nakhon. The head of the EIT committee on disaster management, Anek Siripanichgorn, said the flooding in Sakon Nakhon and other Northeastern provinces was a lesson about the failure of warning systems, adding that authorities should produce more locally orientated disaster preparation and warning plans to prevent the next disaster. “Our disaster-warning system is usually on a national scale, and local people often do not get the information they need to handle an impending disaster. We need local plans to make sure the warning system suits the nature of the disaster in an area, which will reduce the damage and loss of life in case of disaster,” Anek said. EIT president Thanes Weerasiri said the institute would send an engineering team to inspect the damaged reservoir on Saturday to repair it before the next storm, which is expected within the next 20 days.

Source: The Nation Bangkok August 02, 2017 18:00 UTC