River overflows, 600 houses flooded
published : 7 Aug 2024 at 09:11
writer: Gary Boyle
ORIGINAL SOURCE/WRITER: Online Reporters
About 600 houses were flooded when the Pa Sak River overflowed in the northern province of Phetchabun on Tuesday morning.
Officials said heavy rain in the area caused the river to overflow for the third time this year.
The water was about half a metre above its banks. The floodwater poured into villages next to the river. There was no flood embankment to protect them, and about 600 houses and shops were 50-60 centimetres deep in water.
Three local schools were closed on Tuesday.
Vocabulary
- bank: a raised area of land along the side of a river (or canal) - ริมฝั่งแม่น้ำ
- embankment: a slope made of earth, stone or cement that rises up from either side of a road, railway/railroad, river, etc. - มูลดิน,ตลิ่งทาง, เขื่อน
- officials: people who have the power to make decisions or enforce the law - เจ้าหน้าที่ผู้มีอำนาจ
- overflow: (of a river or body of water) to flood the land next to it - เอ่อล้น, ไหลล้น
- pour: to flow or enter in large amounts - ไหล
- protect: to make sure that something is not harmed or damaged - ปกป้อง, ป้องกัน
- Keywords
- flooding
- phetchabun
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