Waterways overflow in northern Bangkok and nearby - Bangkok Post

A motorcyclist navigates flooded Popular Road near the Impact complex in Pak Kret district of Nonthaburi on Monday. Pak Kret is among the districts that received warnings about the rising Chao Phraya River on Tuesday. (Photo: Pattarapong Chatpattarasill) People living near waterways in Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani provinces as well as adjacent districts of Bangkok have been warned to move belongings to higher ground as water levels are rising.

The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued the warning to people living near the Chao Phraya River in Pak Kret, Muang and Bang Kruai districts of Nonthaburi on Tuesday evening.

It advised residents whose properties are not protected by embankments to lift belongings higher and move vehicles and vulnerable people to safe places as the Chao Phraya River water level was rising.

The department issued a similar warning to people in Sai Mai, Klong Sam Wa and Nong Chok districts of Bangkok because the Klong Hok Wa canal was overflowing its embankments. The northern Bangkok districts receive water from Pathum Thani.

Water levels are rising in Nonthaburi and Pathum Thani north of Bangkok as the Royal Irrigation Department has been increasing the discharge rate of the Chao Phraya barrage across the Chao Phraya River in Chai Nat province to alleviate flooding in provinces above the barrage.

Heavy rain in the North had increased intakes into the Chao Phraya River and caused overflows in Uthai Thani, Chai Nat and Nakhon Sawan provinces, it said.

The department on Tuesday evening began increasing the discharge rate of the Chao Phraya barrage from 2,000 cubic metres per second to 2,200 cu m/sec by 5am on Wednesday. That compares with 1,620 cu m/sec on Sept 23.

Officials said the discharge rate could reach 2,400 cu m/sec if deemed necessary.

Meanwhile, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration warned of high tides from Tuesday to Sunday, which could affect communities that had no embankments.