Phrae declared disaster zone after strong floods

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Phrae declared disaster zone after strong floods

Homes, supply lines, public services hit hard

Published: 11 Jun 2012 at 00.00
Newspaper section: News

PHRAE : Authorities declared Phrae a disaster zone after parts of it were badly hit by flash floods and forest run off.

A flash flood has washed away part of a road in tambon Huay Or in Phrae’s Long district. A bridge, and railway tracks have also been swept away by strong forest runoff. THAWEESAK SUKKHASEM

Three days of heavy rain flooded hundreds of residents' homes, cut off supply lines and crippled public services.

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upena
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Discussion 7 : 11 Jun 2012 at 13.077
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Discussion 6 : 11 Jun 2012 at 13.026
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Look at all the soil erosion around the man made concrete and lack of trees .
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Discussion 5 : 11 Jun 2012 at 11.145
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Phrae is not a wealthy area and they cannot afford to lose land and crops. The 85,000 baht "typing error" for compensation would go a long way up there. I hope they get assistance and recover quickly. I also hope they get a better understanding of how deforestation contributes to flash floods and learn accordingly. My sincere sympathy for the hard times they must be enduring.
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Discussion 4 : 11 Jun 2012 at 10.004
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Goverment concern about the floods 0%
Goverment concern about bring back Thaksin and getting there money back 200%
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Discussion 3 : 11 Jun 2012 at 09.553
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Again, we were promised by Peua Thaksin Party during the 2011 elections that ending flooding would be one of their top priorities "lagorn nom tuam" - they claimed last year it wasn't their fault - they were new in office and the remaining taint of the Democrats had been the cause. What is their excuse now? Impossible to control flooding? I guess they shouldn't have made promises they had not way of keeping - a violation of the social contract - grounds for ALL of them to resign.
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Discussion 2 : 11 Jun 2012 at 08.462
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Many officials from PT claimed in 2011 Thailand would never flood again. So where are all these experts now?
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Discussion 1 : 11 Jun 2012 at 08.091
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What did The current PT government actually learnt from last year's devastating floods ???
Any flood preventive measures being taken to avoid another serious floods ??? It's looks like...nope!!!
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