Anutin Orders Nationwide Flood Preparedness for Heavy Rain Oct 4-10
Deputy Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul led a national flood‑preparedness meeting from Buriram, ordering provinces to set up shelters, stock supplies, and review southern disaster plans ahead of heavy rain expected October 4‑10. He urged moving vulnerable people to shelters before floods hit to ease rescue efforts and called for efficient management of relief supplies and donations.
On October 4, in Room 1 of Building 3, Floor 5 of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM), Deputy Prime Minister and Interior Minister Anutin Charnvirakul chaired a video conference of the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Command Center from the Phanom Rung meeting room on the fourth floor of Buriram Provincial Hall. Attending were Deputy Prime Minister and Transport Minister Pipat Ratchakitprakan, Industry Minister Varawut Silpa-archa, Digital Economy and Society Minister Chaiyanon Chidchob, Energy Minister Ekarat Pramophan, Public Health Minister Pattana Prompatt, Deputy Prime Minister and Commerce Minister Supajee Suthamphanut, Defense Minister General Adul Bunthammajaree, Deputy Interior Minister Jesada Thaiset, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt, and members of the National Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Committee.
Anutin thanked everyone for attending the fifth daily meeting, noting that while many areas were improving, vigilance remained high. He urged constant situation updates and readiness to provide assistance, relief, and monitoring of new water surges, especially in southern Thailand. He added that visits to evacuation centers in Chai Nat and Nakhon Sawan highlighted the need to prepare shelters in all necessary locations, ensuring food, water, public health, medicine, medical care, electricity, and clean water are ready, and planning safe returns when waters recede.
He said moving vulnerable groups — the elderly, bedridden patients, children, and those with limited mobility — to shelters before floods strike is easier than relocating them during inundation, which would burden rescue operations. He called for efficient management of relief, communications, and donations to avoid waste or shortages, and asked provincial governors to assess border‑area shelter capacity, stockpiles, and donations so they can serve as distribution hubs for neighboring provinces.
