After severe flooding in the North, businesses prepare preventive measures in the central plains for a risk that has been present annually for centuries.
Key Takeaways
- Industrial estate operators and authorities are implementing preventive measures to safeguard factories from potential floods, with special attention given to areas severely affected in the 2011 floods.
- Rain bombs are a new phenomenon of global warming, defined as heavy downpours that last for a short period.
- One of the last major floods that affected production in Thailand occurred in 2011, impacting various provinces along the Chao Phraya River.
The recent floods in the northern part of the country have alerted Thai entrepreneurs to the possibility of damage in the central plains, the economic heart of the country.
Seree Supratid, a climate risk specialist, explained that Thailand could experience new torrential rains and rainstorms during September and October, affecting the economic core of the country.
Rain bombs are a new phenomenon of global warming, defined as heavy downpours that last for a short period. Some of the most recently affected areas by the downpours have been the regions of Trat and Phuket.
In the complex context of the rains, authorities have advanced measures to protect production, focusing on factories, especially those in low-lying areas.
IEAT advances with measures to prevent production risks
The Industrial Estate Authority of Thailand (IEAT) is alert to the possible threat of the rains. The agency has explained that it believes industrial estate operators have preventive measures to avoid flood damage.
One of the last major floods that affected production in Thailand occurred in 2011, impacting various provinces along the Chao Phraya River, flooding farmland, homes, and factories.
Veeris Ammarapala, Governor of the IEAT, explained that there is concern about the risk, but they are confident that measures such as flood walls and other measures to protect industrial estates will help mitigate the risks.
IEAT operates in 68 industrial estates in 16 provinces across Thailand and at a port in Rayong. The agency has begun working on various measures to mitigate the possible consequences of the rains.
Some of the main areas for taking preventive measures are the industrial estates located in Ayutthaya, Bangkok, and the neighboring provinces of the capital.
