Flooding Persists Across 20 Provinces and Bangkok, Relief Funds Distributed
Flooding continues across twenty provinces and Bangkok, affecting over 900,000 households and more than 2.4 million people. Authorities are draining water and have transferred relief payments to 86,000 households in six provinces and the capital. The disaster has caused multiple deaths, with water levels receding in many areas.
Twenty provinces and Bangkok remain flooded as authorities work to drain water and assist residents. Relief payments have been transferred to 86,000 households in six provinces and Bangkok. According to Nirarong Pongsithithaworn, Director-General of the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation, heavy to very heavy rainfall combined with runoff from the north joining central floodwaters has left flood conditions in twenty provinces: Phitsanulok, Nakhon Sawan, Uthai Thani, Lopburi, Sing Buri, Chainat, Suphan Buri, Kanchanaburi, Ang Thong, Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, Samut Prakan, Pathum Thani, Nakhon Pathom, Ratchaburi, Samut Songkhram, Phetchaburi, Nakhon Nayok, Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao, Chon Buri, and Bangkok. The flooding affects 99 districts, 807 sub-districts, 6,071 villages, 905,233 households, and 2,449,019 people (data as of 06:00 from the Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Operations Center).
In Phitsanulok, Bang Rakam district saw flooding in three sub-districts and five villages affecting 65 households, with water levels receding. In Nakhon Sawan, nine districts were flooded, affecting 83 sub-districts, 591 villages and 5,108 households, water receding. In Uthai Thani, Mueang district had flooding in ten sub-districts, 61 villages affecting 1,080 households, water receding. In Lopburi, Ban Mi district had flooding in eight sub-districts, 33 villages affecting 1,177 households, water receding. In Chainat, Sapphaya district had flooding in five sub-districts, 32 villages affecting 4,640 households, water receding. In Sing Buri, three districts (In Buri, Phrom Buri, Mueang) flooded in ten sub-districts, 38 villages affecting 1,808 households with two deaths, water receding. In Suphan Buri, eight districts flooded in 66 sub-districts, 540 villages affecting 20,369 households with five deaths, water receding. In Kanchanaburi, four districts flooded in seven sub-districts, 13 villages affecting 243 households with two deaths, water receding. In Ang Thong, six districts flooded in 46 sub-districts, 188 villages affecting 1,780 households, water receding. In Phra Nakhon Si Ayutthaya, sixteen districts flooded in 205 sub-districts, 1,360 villages affecting 69,087 households with one death, water receding. In Samut Prakan, two districts (Bang Saothong, Bang Bo) flooded in seven sub-districts, 47 villages affecting 3,980 households with nine deaths, water receding. In Pathum Thani, seven districts flooded in 60 sub-districts, 507 villages affecting 248,818 households with two deaths, water receding. In Nakhon Pathom, two districts (Bang Len, Sam Phran) flooded in 31 sub-districts, 303 villages affecting 21,488 households, water receding. In Ratchaburi, nine districts were flooded, affecting numerous sub-districts, villages and households, with water levels receding.
