Flood-hit villagers in Prachin Buri's Prachantakham district wade in thigh-deep water after being woken in the early hours on Wednesday by a torrent of mountain runoff from Khao Yai National Park. (Photo: Manit Sanubboon)PRACHIN BURI: A torrent of water from the Khao Yai National Park surged through canal-side villages in Prachin Buri early on Wednesday morning, with residents battling water about one-metre deep. Prachin Buri is one of four provinces which are home to the vast, 2,200-square-kilometre Khao Yai National Park. The runoff was so powerful the sluice gates had to be opened to discharge water from the Prachantakham barrage dam. "I was plucked from sleep by neighbours shouting 'water coming'," Khai Chaikaeng, a 76-year-old grandmother at Ban Khok Kruat, said.

Source: Bangkok Post September 05, 2018 03:45 UTC