CHAI NAT: More than 80 households in communities below the Chao Phraya Dam are now under water as the dam has released more water downstream.
As of 6am on Sunday, runoff from the North was running past Nakhon Sawan to the Chao Phraya Dam at the rate of 2,390 cubic metres per second.
The Chao Phraya Dam in Tambon Bang Luang of Sapphaya district has consequently increased the release of water downstream from 1,595 to 1,971 cubic metres per second.
As a result, the water level below the dam was one metre higher on Sunday morning, 14.43 metres above the mean sea level. The river then overflowed, flooding communities outside the embankment.
More than 80 houses in Moo 1 village in tambon Taluk of Sapphaya district were 30-60 centimetres under water.
Villagers and officials from the local administrations built a flood prevention wall with about 3,000 sandbags in front of Wat Intaram temple and distributed relief items to flood-hit villagers.