North, Northeast inundated by effects of Nock-ten

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North, Northeast inundated by effects of Nock-ten

Published: 1/08/2011 at 04:54 AM
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Heavy rains have caused havoc in several north and northeastern provinces as a tropical storm left some townships under 80 centimetres of water.

In the Northeast, about half of Muang Nong Khai municipality was 80cm under water yesterday. Cars were stranded in the streets with floodwaters rising to their windshields.

Officials used pumps to accelerate drainage into the Mekong River, where water levels reached 11 metres, only one metre away from critical.

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Discussion 1 : 01/08/2011 at 11:53 AM1
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It is time for people to speak out vociferously about the politicians, officials, the rich people with their connections to politicians, etc., who deforest the hills, and build their resorts and second/third/etc. homes on the hills, especially in national forests. People must understand that tolerating their corruption doesn't benefit them and probably never will. I doubt if the politicians live in the areas affected by the resulting floods.

The people are learning the hard way that tolerating corruption, especially of the politicians, is affecting them harshly and will continue to do so until they oppose corrupt politicians and officials. By the way, the corrupt politicians and officials are easy to spot. They are the ones who buy the people's votes.
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