Water pours through a break in a levee built to protect communities in Muang district of Khon Kaen on Saturday afternoon. Strong currents from the river caused a 30-metre section of the three-metre high earthen embankment to collapse at around 4pm. Khon Kaen governor Somsak Jangtrakul rushed to the scene to inspect the collapsed levee and ordered immediate repairs. He ordered the agencies in charge to set up a wall of sandbags to plug the gap in the levee as quickly as possible. The first was built near the Huay Yai water drainage gate, where the sixth Irrigation Office created a large sandbag flood wall on Oct 25.

Source: Bangkok Post October 28, 2017 12:12 UTC