Since a few Month Thailand has to fight with the worst Flood for at least 69 Years. The Water coming down from North flooded many Provinces and important Industrial Estates. Right now the Flood arrived in Bangkok City and it is possible that whole Bangkok will get flooded. Why can this be happen?
The different Organisations just do not communicate and not work together to prevent a bigger disaster. The Media provides us with different Information about the Water Masses everyday, Quantities of the water arriving from North are sometimes 2000 – 3000 million and sometimes up to 20,000 million cubic litres, which of course confuses everybody.
It seems to be a hidden fight between Government and Opposition and the Battlefield are the backs of the Thai People which are loosing their Homes to the immense Water Masses.
Food and drinking Water is getting expensive, hundred of thousands people had to be evacuated and many others still will be evacuated. Prices for boats and flood prevention material are on the rise. Sandbags are nearly unavailable! Many People do not get any Help through the not well organised Organisations.
More and more Districts from Bangkok have to be evacuated and there is still no End to see. Looking at Google’s Flood Map shows that there is no much chance for Bangkok that the flood will bypass the City.
I only hope that if this Flood is over, some Organisations will start to do anything possible to prevent such Floods in the future. It looks like in the past it was easier to ask for new Donations every year.
Some important Phone Numbers are:
- The Prime Minister’s Office: 1111 press 5
- DPM Hot Line (Department of Disaster Preventation and Mitigation): 1784
- Emergency Medical and Referral Patient Services to hospital: 1669
- Flood victims in Bangkok and around province: 02-281-5443
- Department of Highways: 1586
Detailed Information about the Flood can be found on many Websites, here only a few of them:
Somchai's Thailand Weblog 