A local resident travels by boat in Sapphaya district of in Nakhon Sawan where floodwater from the Chao Phraya River has remained for a month and gives off a strong smell. (Photo by Chudate Seehawong)Flooding persists in 17 provinces, mostly in the Central Plains, but the water will start to recede within a week, according to authorities. Government spokesman Sansern Kaewkamnerd said water inflows from the North were easing in Nakhon Sawan, adding that the government would not increase discharges from the Chao Phraya dam on the Chao Phraya River flowing into Bangkok. "Water from the Chao Phraya dam has reached Pathum Thani, Nonthaburi and Bangkok but is not causing any severe flooding," he said. Somkiat Prajamwong, director-general of the Royal Irrigation Department, said flooding in the Central Plains had already peaked and would start to decline in seven days.

Source: Bangkok Post October 28, 2017 08:48 UTC