China News Agency, Bangkok, September 28 (Reporter Wang Guoan) The Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department of the Ministry of Interior of Thailand stated on the 28th that since the 23rd of this month, due to the impact of typhoon "Dianmu", 30 provinces in Thailand have suffered floods caused by heavy rainfall. , Has killed 6 people and 2 others are missing.
Among them, 5 people were killed in Lopburi province, 1 person was killed in Phetchabun province, and 1 person in each of the two provinces was missing.
At present, the floods in 7 provinces including Chiang Mai and Lamphun have subsided, but 23 provinces including Sukhothai and Nakhon Ratchasima are still in disaster.
After a night of heavy rains in Khon Kaen in northeastern Thailand, the water depth in some areas exceeded 1 meter on the 28th and many houses were flooded.
Rescuers and army soldiers evacuated the affected residents to a safe area.
Due to heavy rainfall in the central and northeastern parts of Thailand, and a large amount of rainwater enters the Chao Phraya River, Bangkok has strengthened flood control facilities along the Chao Phraya River to prepare for flood control.
Bangkok Mayor Asayun said on the 27th that there will be no major floods like 2011 in Bangkok.
Prior to this, Thai Prime Minister Prayut visited the disaster area on the 26th to inspect the flood relief situation.
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