Flood warnings along the Mekong - Tha Khaek/Pakse

Apr 22, 2010
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Hi All,

Hope this helps some of you but appears that there's some pretty serious flooding around Tha Khaek and Pakse with other areas expected to get pretty wet. Not sure how this affects the roads in those areas.

Mekong River Commision website:
http://www.mrcmekong.org/

Vientiane Times
4 August 2011 (not sure why this article is postdated)

The Mekong River has burst its banks and flooded some low-lying areas in Khammuan province, despite the fact the river is yet to reach its warning level.

The water level of the Mekong is expected to reach the warning level of 13 metres in Thakhek district, Khammuan province, today, rising from 12.95m yesterday.

The Department of Meteorology and Hydrology has warned people living in low-lying areas of Khammuan and other central provinces to move valuable possessions and livestock to higher ground.

The level of the Mekong continues to rise following torrential rains in the wake of tropical storm Nock-Ten over the weekend.

The warning level in Pakxan district, Borikhamxay province, is 13.50m, and the river was at 13m and rising yesterday, Weather Forecasting and Aeronautical Division Deputy Head Mr Vandy Douangmala told Vientiane Times yesterday.

Water levels in Mekong tributaries such as the Xebangfay, Hinboun and Pakkan rivers have already reached danger levels in Khammuan province.

If the water level of the Mekong reaches the danger level in Khammuan today, extensive and prolonged flooding is expected.

More than 100 villages in Nhommalath, Hinboun and Bualapha districts have already experienced flooding and thousands of hectares of crops have been inundated but no report has been issued by local authorities, said provincial disaster management office staff member Mr Touay Vongkeo.

Thousands of households in the province are facing the risk of flooding as the levels of several different rivers continue to rise, he said.