Flash Flood Forces Evacuation of Over 100 in Prachin Buri
Heavy flooding in Ban Sang District, Prachin Buri Province, has forced the evacuation of over 100 residents, including bedridden patients, from a temporary shelter after water levels rose rapidly overnight. Main roads are submerged, leaving only boats, high‑clearance vehicles and military GMC buses usable for transport. Officials have relocated evacuees to a new temporary shelter at Wat Laem Phai while working to deliver relief supplies.
Massive floodwaters surged into Ban Sang District, threatening to flood the evacuation center as officials scrambled to move over 100 people to safety in the middle of the night. Main highways were inundated to a depth that made small cars and pickup trucks unable to pass; only boats, high‑clearance vehicles, military GMC buses and ten‑wheel trucks could travel. On 5 October 2026 at 23:10, journalists reported that the flood situation in Prachin Buri Province intensified, particularly in Ban Sang District after upstream runoff poured into low‑lying areas, causing the Prachin Buri River and its downstream catchment to rise rapidly. Officials were forced to evacuate residents urgently. Acting Prachin Buri Governor Chanathip Kokmee, together with Provincial Administrative Organization President Krit Kasamphun and Ban Sang District Chief Setthawut Wongleewuthi, went to the field to direct operations, bringing boxed meals, relief kits and equipment to assist those affected. Krit disclosed that in Tambon Bang Phluang water levels have continued to climb since the evening, and so far more than 100 inhabitants—including bedridden patients—have been evacuated from the temporary shelter at Sri Rak Raejsang Bunkung School after water began to inundate the area and threatened to breach the building. They have been relocated to a new temporary shelter at Wat Laem Phai in Mueang Prachin Buri District. Setthawut added that Ban Sang District is now affected across all nine sub‑districts and 88 villages (100 % of the area). Although water levels in the northern zone have begun to stabilise, the bulk of the floodwater has moved downstream, pooling in areas adjoining Nakhon Nayok Province—especially in Tambons Bang Pla Ra, Bang Khamm, Bang Taen, Bang Yang and Bang Toei—driving water levels higher still. Travel into and out of villages is now impossible for ordinary cars and pickup trucks on both main and secondary roads, which remain under deep water; only boats, high‑clearance vehicles, military GMC buses and ten‑wheel trucks can be used.
