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Flooding in central Phetchaburi to ease soon
Phetchaburi
Flooding
in downtown
areas of Muang district
increased slightly on Thursday
inflow to Kaeng Krachan dam has slowed.
Floodwater
in central Phetchaburi
was 10-40 centimetres deep
higher than
Wednesday morning.
on Thursday morning
Local officials
tried to contain flooding
with pumps
with sandbags.
More local roads
were inundated
remained passable
for vehicles.
Floodwater
entered Wat Yai Suwannaram
a registered archaeological site.
Samroeng Saengphuwong
deputy secretary-general of the Office of the National Water Resources
said
the Kaeng Krachan dam held 767 million cubic metres of water, 108% of its capacity, on Thursday, down by 6 million cubic metres from Wednesday.
Discharges into the Phetchaburi River were decreasing and the river level was subsiding. The level was 32cm below its banks in Kaeng Krachan district and stable at 51cm above its banks in Muang district
Water flowing down
its spillway was
13cm lower.
1.24 metres deep
Inflow to the dam
amounted to 13.41 million cubic metres
in the past 24 hours
down by 6 million cubic metres
from the previous period.
Discharges amounted
to 19.75 million cubic metres
down by 6 million cubic metre