SAKON NAKHON -- The water level in the municipal area of Muang district has dropped by 10-15 centimetres and is receding steadily, according to media reports. However, low-lying areas - including the city's central business district around Rath Pattana road - is still under 1.00-1.50 metres of water. Residents at many spots along the road have pleaded for food, drinking water and medicine, particularly for foot infections. In the Nong Sanom community -- where hotels, apartments and several hundred houses are located -- the water level is still 1.80cm - 2m high as it has absorbed copious amounts of runoff water from the Phu Phan mountain. The provincial authority has set up a flood relief centre at the gymnasium of the Sport Authority of Thailand, which is now the temporary home of hundreds of flood evacuees.

Source: Bangkok Post July 30, 2017 03:33 UTC