Extensive flooding in northeast
published : 15 Sep 2022 at 13:49
writer: R May
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
Nine provinces within the Chi and Mun river basins have been affected.
More than 260,000 rai of farmland and residential areas in nine northeastern provinces are substantially flooded, satellite data shows.
The Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Gistda) released its latest data from the Cosmo-Skymed-4 satellite on Wednesday.
The data showed 263,391 rai of farmland and residential areas in the nine provinces along the two river basins were under water.
Roi Et had the most flooded area with 81,191 rai, followed by Surin with 64,844 rai.
Elsewhere in the northeast, Si Sa Ket flood waters spread across 36,764 rai, in Maha Sarakham 26,705 rai, in Kalasin 14,815 rai, in Buri Ram 11,954 rai, in Ubon Ratchathani 7,200 rai and in Amnat Charoe 144 rai. Of the affected areas, paddy fields covering 147,869 rai of land were flooded.
Gistda has sent its satellite data to major agencies responsible for flood management to help with flood prevention and situation evaluation.
Vocabulary
- affected (verb): having received an effect or influence - ถูกผลกระทบ, มีผลต่อ
- basin: a large area of land whose surface water all flows into a particular river or lake - ลุ่มน้ำ
- data: facts or information, especially when examined and used to find out things or to make decisions - ข้อมูล, ตัวเลข, สถิติ
- evaluation: the process of thinking carefully about something before making a judgment about its value, importance, or quality - การประเมินผล
- extensive: wide; great in amount covering a large area - กว้าง,ครอบคลุม,ถ้วนทั่ว
- flood (noun): a large amount of water covering an area that is usually dry - น้ำท่วม
- major: very large or important - สำคัญมาก
- paddy field: a field planted with rice growing in water - นาข้าว
- prevention: the act of preventing something, or things that people do in order to prevent something - การป้องกัน
- residential area: a place where people live - เขตที่อยู่อาศัย
- satellite: an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet. It is used for communicating by radio, television, etc. and for providing information - ดาวเทียม
- substantially (adverb): very much; a lot; in a significant way - อย่างมาก
