News Forum - Thai Interior Minister plays down flood warnings

[Thaiger]

The Thai Meteorological Department (TMD) today announced another day of heavy downpours, flooding, and traffic chaos throughout the country and told the kingdom to brace itself. The Interior Minister on the other hand played it down and said there was nothing to worry about. The TMD made known it is 70% likely that the nation will be hit by another deluge and the kingdom would suffer from heavy flooding.  The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation (DDPM) backed that statement adding there will be floods, and river banks would overflow between September 11 and September 13. Interior Minister Anupong Paojinda […]

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[ThaiEyes]

While nobody can control the weather, it does little good for those admins that are high and dry to try to placate the Thais with 1 meter of water in their houses.