According to Thanongsak Sriwichian, deputy mayor of Mueang Angthong Municipality, the water level in front of the provincial hall was 8.33 metres high, approaching the banks’ height of 9.32 metres. Water had started seeping out of the flood embankments along the river bank, he said, and water was passing through the measure station in front of the provincial hall at the speed of 2,071 cubic metres per second. Thanongsak said officials were reinforcing the embankments with sand bags and draining the seeped-in water in an attempt to prevent flooding in the government centre and business area in the heart the province. The rising Chao Phraya had already flooded 1,297 houses in five Anthong provincial districts outside the flood embankments, officials said.

Source: The Nation Bangkok October 10, 2017 03:56 UTC