7 of 10 SINKING & Africa Roll; Thailand SINKING: 10 province flood disaster area including Bangkok and etc! West & Central Africa: 1.5 million affected, 340 dead due flooding!

[Stanislav]

Aerial view Bangkok floods

Thailand SINKING:

English language press -

/ National Office of Buddhism: 111 temples nationwide seriously affected by flooding. The National Office of Buddhism (NOB) has revealed more than a hundred temples across the country have been seriously affected by the flooding to the level that monks cannot go out to receive alms-offering. NOB Director General Nopparat Benjawatananun said that the continued flooding in the lower part of the North, in central Thailand and the country’s eastern region has affected 111 Buddhist temples, to date. /

Thai press -

/ Prev. Reported that water levels flooded 10 provinces decreased. 75,523 households with 179,074 people suffering the southern third of the province worse cataract flow Viphawadi Surat district. Truck drivers and fans. A. Muang Nga Bridge accelerated the installation of the Bailey bridge ... On 29 September 2555 the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Ministry of Interior Report a flood disaster area by a total of 10 provinces, including Bangkok, Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao Any Phitsanulok, Ayutthaya, Ang Thong Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Phichit District 273 district and 37 villages, 1,615 households, 75,523 people had suffered 179,074 people. /

Cambodia SINKING:

/ At least 14 Cambodian people were killed by flash floods that have been hitting some provinces in the country since last month, according to the report of Cambodian Red Cross on Wednesday. Among the dead, 9 were in Banteay Meanchey province bordering Thailand, 4 in central Kampong Thom and 1 in northwestern Siem Reap, said the report.
Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said that flash floods have hit about 8 provinces including Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Preah Vihear, Kampong Thom, Takeo, Pailin, Kampong Chhnang and Preah Sihanouk. "Banteay Meanchey province is suffering the worst from the floods," he told Xinhua over telephone. Some 14,100 families have been affected including 4,060 families were evacuated to higher grounds, he said. /

Vietnam SINKING:

/ Heavy rain combined with high tides turned many roads in Ho Chi Minh City into "rivers."

In those days, heavy rains appeared in the southern region and Ho Chi Minh City, causing flooding in some areas. Looking ahead, the weather will continue to deteriorate, due to the impact of the storm No. 7 or Gaemi in the East Sea. Explaining about the murky weather, heavy rains in recent days in South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. Le Thi Xuan Lan, from the Southern Region meteorological and hydrological station, said that September and October is the peak time for rains in the South, due to the combination of various weather systems. Tides will also be quite complex. In recent days, many places in Ho Chi Minh City were flooded, up to over one meter submerged. According to Ms. Lan, from September onwards, tide began rising each day. By the operation cycle of the astronomical tide, tidal peak is usually in November, December, even lasts until January of the following year.
In September, there were two waves of high tides, plus heavy rains, causing floods in the Dong Nai River system, forcing hydropower as Tri An and Thac Mo to discharge water downstream. With on-the-spot rains, high tides and water discharged from reservoirs, many places, especially Ho Chi Minh City, was seriously flooded.
According to the Southern Region meteorological and hydrological station, in HCM City, 50 percent of the high tides coincided with the rainy days. In the dry season, rains is not much but flooding is still high due to high tides. /

/ Saigon severely flooded due to high tides. Heavy rains coinciding with high tides this morning has submerged many roads in Ho Chi Minh City, causing traffic chaos.
Tan Binh District is flooded most seriously, making many people very hard to get to the office. Other roads such as Huynh Tan Phat, Le Van Luong (District 7), Highway 13, Binh Loi (Binh Thanh District), Tran Nao, Luong Dinh Cua (District 2) are also 30 - 40 cm deep under water. Traffic congestions occur in many places. /

West & Central Africa floods:

See also -

West and Central Africa - Flood Impact Profile (as of 17 Sep 2012) blog by Kojima

Nigeria: This is worst floods since 1936! Two million displaced by ...

Niger, Nigeria, Cameroon, Senegal experience the worst flooding!

http://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/~3260163.pdf

Nigeria:

/ Dangerous animals, including crocodiles, snakes and hippos, have found their way into homes and communities in central Nigeria after devastating flooding, residents say. The creatures were carried along flood-swollen rivers, say the authorities. "There is now a hippopotamus in [my] house," Benue state resident Wuese Jirake told the BBC. "I hope that when it is tired, it may leave my home." Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the flooding. Hundreds also died in the worst flooding in decades. /

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Thailand:

Prev. Undisclosed sum floods hit 10 Hw. Trouble then 1.8 lakh people.

Prev. Reported that water levels flooded 10 provinces decreased. 75,523 households with 179,074 people suffering the southern third of the province worse cataract flow Viphawadi Surat district. Truck drivers and fans. A. Muang Nga Bridge accelerated the installation of the Bailey bridge ...

On 29 September 2555 the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation. Ministry of Interior Report a flood disaster area by a total of 10 provinces, including Bangkok, Prachin Buri, Chachoengsao Any Phitsanulok, Ayutthaya, Ang Thong Suphan Buri and Nakhon Pathom Phichit District 273 district and 37 villages, 1,615 households, 75,523 people had suffered 179,074 people.

This indicates that the area in the South. Stool. The heavy rain continued. Caused flooding in two districts: Muang, Khuan Don district of Satun and Surat Thani. Has caused flash flood in northern Takuk Tue Oct Viphawadi among some of the 16 homes have been swept D4D Toyota truck registration number and the driver of a 4839 New York Mr. Wichan clear initial school lost. I already have a truck. The search for a missing person in the process. NGA continuous heavy rain. A flash flood flows down from the mountains highly deficient bridges in the area in Muang district Pring, among the eight of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Phuket Office has coordinated a temporary steel bridge support (Bailey) is installed. be done within 2-3 days by DWP. edits made out of a temporary power pole.

The other area in Sa Kaeo Province current situation is still flooded low lying areas in the district Aranyaprathet and Khok Sung district. Muang Kaew. Approximately 0.10 to 0.20 m water level decreases and the situation improved in the process of restoration as the Mon Kingdom Water Noam reduced Sukhothai is still flooding in low-lying areas of the district Kong Krailat. stable water levels in Phitsanulok. Rakam Phrompiram and Tue. town Phichit lower water levels rise and Col. Sam. Pho Prathap Chang district. Stable water levels.

In addition, Ang Thong is still flooding in low lying areas, T., A. Mok Mok Oผgeผg some royal and Suphan Buri municipal water districts in four cities Thong Suphan Buri and Bang Pla Ma district, two water level decreases. Nakhon Pathom and ใna. 
 Len Nakhon Chai Si district, about 0.20 to 0.30 meters high, and the water level has increased slightly. Due to heavy rains the past few days. Moreover, the volume of water flowing from Kanchanaburi and Suphanburi.

http://www.thairath.co.th/content/region/294658

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National Office of Buddhism: 111 temples nationwide seriously affected by flooding

BANGKOK, 30 September 2012 – The National Office of Buddhism (NOB) has revealed more than a hundred temples across the country have been seriously affected by the flooding to the level that monks cannot go out to receive alms-offering.

NOB Director General Nopparat Benjawatananun said that the continued flooding in the lower part of the North, in central Thailand and the country’s eastern region has affected 111 Buddhist temples, to date.

Mr. Nopparat said that the situation has been so serious that monks at these flood-hit temples have to move things to a higher ground while finding it impossible to go out to receive daily alms-offering.

He added that the NOB is still awaiting the damage report from the southern region as the number of temples and monks hit by floods remain unknown. As these temples have been literally cut off from the world, the NOB Director General is asking the public to provide necessities to the flood-affected monks.

In the meantime, the NOB is collaborating with various agencies to deliver medicines and some necessities to the temples in need while warning those in flood risk areas to prepare for any unexpected situation.

In addition, the NOB reported that the restoration work at the Phutthamonthon Buddhist Park in Nakhon Pathom Province, where 60 percent of the entire property was damaged by last year’s flood crisis, is still underway and is expected to be completed within 6 months.

http://www.pattayamail.com/news/national-office-of-buddhism-111-tem...

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Cambodia:

Cambodia's flood death toll reaches 14

PHNOM PENH, Oct. 3 (Xinhua) -- At least 14 Cambodian people were killed by flash floods that have been hitting some provinces in the country since last month, according to the report of Cambodian Red Cross on Wednesday.

Among the dead, 9 were in Banteay Meanchey province bordering Thailand, 4 in central Kampong Thom and 1 in northwestern Siem Reap, said the report.

Keo Vy, chief of the Cabinet of National Committee for Disaster Management (NCDM), said that flash floods have hit about 8 provinces including Banteay Meanchey, Siem Reap, Preah Vihear, Kampong Thom, Takeo, Pailin, Kampong Chhnang and Preah Sihanouk. "Banteay Meanchey province is suffering the worst from the floods," he told Xinhua over telephone.

Some 14,100 families have been affected including 4,060 families were evacuated to higher grounds, he said.

Meanwhile, Sam Sereiroth, secretary-general of the education secretariat at the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports, said on Wednesday that some 140 schools in these affected provinces have been submerged, affecting some 49,000 students.

"These schools will be closed until the floodwaters recede," he told Xinhua over telephone.

Cambodia will be suffering from the impact of a tropical storm Gaemi from Oct. 4-8 and 13 provinces out of the country's 24 cities and provinces will suffer strong winds and flooding, according to a statement issued by the Ministry of Water Resources and Meteorology on Tuesday.

The storm will be brewing from the South China Sea and it will hit the coast of Vietnam this weekend.

"The Ministry would like to appeal to local authorities and people living in the areas along rivers to be on high alert to avoid dangers and property damage due to the storm," said the statement signed by the minister, Lim Kean Hor. "The Ministry also wishes to appeal to maritime fishermen to suspend their fishing during the warning period."

Floods usually hit Cambodia between August and October. Last year, the floods killed at least 250 Cambodian people and affected some 1.4 million people in the country, according to the NCDM.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/world/2012-10/03/c_131886756.htm

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Nigeria:

Nigeria floods bring crocodiles and hippos into homes

Dangerous animals, including crocodiles, snakes and hippos, have found their way into homes and communities in central Nigeria after devastating flooding, residents say.

The creatures were carried along flood-swollen rivers, say the authorities.

"There is now a hippopotamus in [my] house," Benue state resident Wuese Jirake told the BBC. "I hope that when it is tired, it may leave my home."

Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced by the flooding.

Hundreds also died in the worst flooding in decades.

Vast tracts of farmland have been completely destroyed.
'Hope it will leave'

Mr Jirake told the BBC he had returned to his home to find it occupied by the hippo.

"This morning I visited my house. It is still inundated with the flood waters above my waist. There is now a hippopotamus in the house," he said.

He said he had reported the situation to the authorities.

"I hope that when it is tired, it may leave my home. If there is any other way of dealing with the problem, the authorities need to pursue that because it is beyond my abilities."

Similar situations have been reported in the towns of Makurdi, Agatu, Logo and Adoka, says the BBC's Is'haq Khalid.

Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency says it is working hand in hand with the Benue state government and other relevant agencies to ensure the flood victims return to their homes.

The co-ordinator of the agency in north-central Nigeria, Abdussalam Muhammad, told the BBC that it was not safe for people to go back to their houses because of the presence of the dangerous animals.

"Presently there are crocodiles and snakes as well as other dangerous animals brought in by the floodwaters that are living in those houses, so, if the people return, it will be harmful to them and they will put their lives at risk," he said.

He said people should wait for instructions after the floodwaters have subsided.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19818180

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Vietnam:

Saigon severely flooded due to high tides

VietNamNet Bridge - Heavy rains coinciding with high tides this morning has submerged many roads in Ho Chi Minh City, causing traffic chaos.

Tan Binh District is flooded most seriously, making many people very hard to get to the office. Other roads such as Huynh Tan Phat, Le Van Luong (District 7), Highway 13, Binh Loi (Binh Thanh District), Tran Nao, Luong Dinh Cua (District 2) are also 30 - 40 cm deep under water. Traffic congestions occur in many places.

The HCM City Steering Board for Flood Control and Search-Rescue released an urgent warning of the tropical cyclone in the East Sea and asked people and competent departments to prepare to cope with the bad weather.

According to the tide forecast on September 30 of the Southern Region Meteorological and Hydrological Station, the water level measured at Phu An station on the Saigon River was 1.47 m high and it will increase in the coming days, to 1.52 m on October 1; 1.54 on October 2; and 1.52 m on October 3.

At the same time, the upstream reservoirs like Tri An (Dong Nai River) and Dau Tieng (Saigon River) are discharging water.

Meanwhile, the tropical depression off the coast of the central region is likely to strengthen into a hurricane.  At 1 am of October 1, the 7th-grade tropical depression was 450 km to the east off the coast of Danang, Phu Yen. It is forecasted to be 260km from the Paracel Islands.

From the central southern region to the south, due to the influence of the tropical depression, there will have rains in the evening and at night. Some places in the southern part of the Central Highlands, the North East and the Mekong Delta will have heavy rains. Particularly, in Ho Chi Minh City, tropical depression will cause heavy rains, which will coincide with high tide in early October to make severe floods this week

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/49241/saigon-severely-floo...

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Weather in South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City is very bad

 VietNamNet Bridge - In those days, heavy rains appeared in the southern region and Ho Chi Minh City, causing flooding in some areas. Looking ahead, the weather will continue to deteriorate, due to the impact of the storm No. 7 or Gaemi in the East Sea.

Explaining about the murky weather, heavy rains in recent days in South Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh City, Ms. Le Thi Xuan Lan, from the Southern Region meteorological and hydrological station, said that September and October is the peak time for rains in the South, due to the combination of various weather systems.

“For example, the tropical convergence zone passes the southern part of the central region. This is a cloud-rain band which creates conditions for wind convergence, resulting in dense clouds, causing rains. This cloud-rain band is usually a few hundred kilometers long. As Ho Chi Minh City is at the very southern edge of the range of convergence, this area will be affected," Lan said.

Caption: Heavy rain combined with high tides turned many roads in Ho Chi Minh City into "rivers."

Also, a southwest wind operates very strongly this time and when a tropical depression or storm appears, it become more powerful. With such characteristics, the weather in the south, the south-central region, the Central Highland will get worse, causing widespread rains. In particular, the arrival of typhoon Gaemi on the East Sea will make the weather worse in the next few days, especially when the storm goes to the mainland.

The weather to develop complicatedly

In the next few days, the southeastern provinces of Dong Nai, Binh Phuoc or those in the Mekong Delta like Bac Lieu, Soc Trang and Ca Mau will continue to have heavy rains, strong wind due to the influence of the storm Gaemi in the East Sea.

Tides will also be quite complex. In recent days, many places in Ho Chi Minh City were flooded, up to over one meter submerged. According to Ms. Lan, from September onwards, tide began rising each day. By the operation cycle of the astronomical tide, tidal peak is usually in November, December, even lasts until January of the following year.

In September, there were two waves of high tides, plus heavy rains, causing floods in the Dong Nai River system, forcing hydropower as Tri An and Thac Mo to discharge water downstream. With on-the-spot rains, high tides and water discharged from reservoirs, many places, especially Ho Chi Minh City, was seriously flooded.

According to the Southern Region meteorological and hydrological station, in HCM City, 50 percent of the high tides coincided with the rainy days. In the dry season, rains is not much but flooding is still high due to high tides.

http://english.vietnamnet.vn/fms/society/49446/weather-in-south-vie...

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[KM]

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