09/10/2025
Phichit is urgently building a road barrier against the broken flood embankment but has not yet succeeded. The surging water has spread widely, flooding over 300 households in several villages. The economic area of Taphan Hin town remains critical.
On October 9, 2025, reporters provided an update on the situation where the embankment road, constructed as an earthen d**e with a concrete surface, connecting Ban Khlong Khoi, Moo 6, and Ban Phai Luang, Moo 8, in Phai Luang Sub-district, Taphan Hin District, was completely eroded by the Nan River's strong current yesterday afternoon, leaving a gap over ten meters long.
Throughout the night, disaster prevention and mitigation officials (DPM) and several agencies tried to urgently rectify the situation and seal the broken section of the embankment road. However, the immense volume of water in the Nan River, which is flowing rapidly and rising, has eroded the embankment further, widening the breach to over 30 meters. They have not yet been able to bring the situation under control.
Three excavators from the Phichit Provincial Administrative Organization were deployed to lift 2-meter-wide, nearly 300-kilogram cement pipes to place them in the breach to reduce the strength of the current, and then cover them with big bags. This attempt failed, however, as the strong current washed the big bags away.
Ms. Sukanya Tonthun, Phichit Provincial Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Chief, revealed that the plan was to use cement pipes to slow the water before using big bags to close the breach. However, the water was too strong for the pipes and big bags to withstand the current. The plan will now be changed to use electric poles to obstruct the flow instead. The situation remains worrying, but if the water can be blocked quickly, the villagers will suffer less.
Currently, the mass of water has surged into and flooded several villages and sub-districts, affecting over 300 households. The latest situation shows the water level has spread to Ban Wang Nam Tao, Moo 10, in Bang Phai Sub-district, Bang Mun Nak District. Water is now beginning to flow across the main Taphan Hin-Bang Mun Nak road. Over 300-400 households are starting to be affected by this water mass. Several families are being evacuated to safe areas, and rescue workers have moved many bedridden patients to temporary shelters for treatment.
Meanwhile, in the Taphan Hin Municipal area, where the Nan River has overflowed the sandbag d**e, the floodwater continues to rise in the economic zone. Rescue workers are struggling to urgently move bedridden patients to temporary evacuation centers, especially in the key economic areas, including the market, shops, companies, and department stores, which are severely affected, despite municipal and provincial DPM officials operating water pumps to drain the water.
Regarding the flood situation inside Somdej Phra Yupparaj Taphan Hin Hospital, the water on the courtyard in front of the main hospital building has begun to recede due to pumping, but the area is not completely dry as water is constantly leaking through the drainage pipes. Outside, on the road surface, the water level has increased, leading to the closure of the lane adjacent to the hospital, forcing traffic to run in both directions on the remaining two lanes.
Today, the hospital has adjusted the road surface at the entrance to allow vehicles transporting injured and elderly patients to reach the main building. However, patient referrals for further treatment are temporarily suspended, and patients are being sent to Phichit Hospital for treatment instead. Other departments continue to operate normally to provide care for those who need it.
