1.5m sandbags to fortify Chao Phraya banks. Many provinces preparing for inundation as rain expected to persist all week.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration will place 1.5 million sandbags along the banks of the Chao Phraya River to help prevent flooding after the Chao Phraya Dam discharges more water due to increased rainfall. Officials are monitoring water levels along the Chao Phraya’s distributaries, such as the Bangkok Noi, Maha Sawat and Phra Khanong canals, said Surat Charoenchaisakul, director of city drainage and sewerage. The sandbags will be stacked along the riverbank by mid-October, he added.
