Heavy rain in Pattaya causes flooding, beach erosion
published : 10 Oct 2023 at 13:50
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Chaiyot Pupattanapong
Heavy rain pounded Bang Lamung district early on Tuesday, causing flooding on roads and in communities, and the runoff eroded sections of Pattaya beach.
The downpour began around 12.20am and lasted more than an hour. The floodwater was 50-80 centimetres deep in some areas.
A section of road along the railway and parts of Sukhumvit Road were flooded and impassable to small vehicles and motorcycles. The water gradually receded.
Pattaya beach was eroded between Pattaya Nua and Pattaya Klang. The huge volume of runoff swept away sand that the Marine Department had brought in to expand the Pattaya shoreline and restore its attractiveness to visitors.
The erosion on the beach was about a metre deep and 4 metres wide in several spots. Rubbish was also deposited along the shore.
Vocabulary
- deposit: to leave a layer/layers of something on the surface of something, especially gradually and over a period of time - ทับถม, กอง
- downpour: a lot of rain in a short time - ฝนตกหนักมาก, พายุฝน
- erode: to rub or be rubbed away gradually - กร่อน, กัดกร่อน
- erosion: gradually destroying the surface of something through the action of wind, rain, etc; to be gradually destroyed in this way - การกัดกร่อน,การเซาะ
- impassable: of a road or path that cannot be travelled on because it is blocked or because of bad weather conditions - ซึ่งผ่านไปไม่ได้
- pound: to hit something hard many times, especially in a way that makes a lot of noise - ตำ
- runoff: rainfall that cannot be taken in by the soil and which flows into rivers, lakes or the sea - น้ำหลาก, ปริมาณของเหลวที่ไหลออก
- shoreline: the edge of the sea, the ocean, or lake, large river - แนวชายฝั่ง
- volume (noun): an amount of something - ปริมาณ
