Level of Chao Phraya river tipped to rise in Nakhon Sawan over coming days

As floods still affected 12 Thai provinces, officials at the Royal Irrigation Department’s Computing Centre for the Water Situation said yesterday the flow rate of the Chao Phraya River in Nakhon Sawan would rise to 2,300-2,400 cubic metres per second in the next three-to-five days due to a subtropical ridge hovering over the North and Northeast.

As of yesterday at 6am, Nakhon Sawan reported the river flowing at 2,196 cubic metres per second and the level was 1.52 metres lower than the river banks.

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