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Workers fight to hold back torrent

Sandbag wall breached as flood levels reach 2m

Published: 12 Sep 2012 at 00.00
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Sukhothai authorities were struggling yesterday to contain floods in municipal areas as torrents burst through a large sandbag dyke put up to stop the overflow from the Yom River.

A wall of large sandbags filled with stones was placed to close the hole in the flood barriers on Monday.

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ubuntu
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Discussion 55 : 19 Sep 2012 at 20.3955
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What better justification than massive flooding could there be to infuse hundreds of billions.

If only the water could disappear and evaporate as efficiently as the cash did !
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Discussion 54 : 15 Sep 2012 at 06.3054
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Same stories as last year except this time they cannot blame the Democrats..
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Discussion 53 : 13 Sep 2012 at 17.2353
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@Disc 50 - I waded in ankle and occasionally knee deep water in Bangkok in the early 90s ! But this was not the case after the late 90s. So it is NOT common, even for city centers in Sukhothai.
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Discussion 52 : 12 Sep 2012 at 18.3352
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"However, he expected flood levels to recede in the next few days and said downstream provinces were not likely to be affected."
... and if the current Thai Met Service forecasts and weather warnings are correct?
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Discussion 51 : 12 Sep 2012 at 18.3051
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The provinces in the map up north are all red-shirt strongholds.
When this not makes you think. How the people can vote for always the same party and they get the same flood every year.
The voters get the gov. they deserve.
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Discussion 50 : 12 Sep 2012 at 16.5650
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My first trip to Thailand in 1979 I waded knee deep in floodwater in Bangkok. I went north and waded more in Sukhothai, and Lampang. This is nothing new and Thais have been fighting floods forever. It's just part of the effects of yearly rainy season in the North.
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Discussion 49 : 12 Sep 2012 at 16.3349
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Kasper D#46, no, they are still waiting for the Korean water pumps donated last year by her brother
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Discussion 48 : 12 Sep 2012 at 15.4948
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the gouverment and high class people get the money
and the poor people get the problems
after one year the same problem
if they not solve the problem of corruption in thailand
in long history
thailand get back in economy disaster
if they ask for help from dutch engineering for solve the problem
without any corrucption you can solve the problem.
if you dont surrounding countrys get a better economy
in several years.
but its the thai style and a farang don't get it . right.....
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Discussion 47 : 12 Sep 2012 at 14.0447
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PS Sorry we did the same thing last year and let too much water go what silly billy's we are>you see we don't understand that water has to find its own level.Nor do we know how much water the river is capable of taking before it floods.It it is all guess work you know please accept us being a bit vague.Said the water management team.I notice the figures for the Chao Pyraya Dams situation has not been given it clearly must have been full.
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Discussion 46 : 12 Sep 2012 at 14.0246
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Does anyone know if the "water pushing machine" Ms. Yingluck sent to Sukhothai has arrived yet? I assume it hasn't since the area is still flooded?
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