Chao Phraya Dam Discharge Triggers Severe Flooding Across Central Thailand

Water levels rise in Ang Thong as the Chao Phraya Dam releases 2,500 cubic meters per second.

Sandbag barriers collapse in Pa Mok district, flooding nearly 100 homes.

Water seeps underground and breaks through levees at Wat Tonson, causing ground subsidence.

Military and municipal officials install large pumps and sandbags to protect high-risk spots.

Strong currents in Sawang Arom district destroy a bridge approach.

Reporter Riwa Nakharin reports on the receding but stagnant water in Sawang Arom.

The dam exceeds capacity but continues discharging water into the Sakae Krang and Chao Phraya rivers.

Residents in low-lying Tha Sung sub-district adapt by raising their house floors.

Rising water affects 500 households across 7 villages in Uthai Thani.

Ban Tha Sung School is completely submerged, forcing class suspensions and exam postponements.

Rescue teams relocate bedridden patients and retrieve a deceased resident from floodwaters.

All 16 districts in Ayutthaya are flooded, with some areas submerged for two months.

Residents criticize the Irrigation Department for abrupt water releases.

Elderly residents struggle with app-based aid registration and request manual surveys.

Officials build barriers to protect the Phra Si Suriyothai Pagoda and the city island.

Officials rescue a bedridden 95-year-old woman and her husband from their home.

Water levels reach 2 meters in Ban Klum, leaving boats as the only transport.

Villagers report water rising by up to 50 centimeters per day.

A 68-year-old expert rower struggles against unusually strong currents in the Noi River.

Minister Surasak Phancharoenworakul distributes relief bags in Hua Wiang Subdistrict.