Irrigation officials announced on Sunday that they would discharge more water from the now-overwhelmed Phimai Dam. So, we will have to fully open all water gates of the dam to release water,” an official said. He added that the dam should contain no more than 2,110,000 cubic metres of water but now had 2,113,051 cubic metres in store. “Let’s hope that no more rain is coming over the next few days. Otherwise, the situation will be worrying,” Paitoon Yangraak, a chief of the Phimai irrigation project, said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 08, 2017 05:03 UTC