Floods in East " will continue six weeks '

Floods in the eastern provinces is likely to drag on until the end of November.
Bleak outlook occurred while the East will face the full wrath of the storm Nari, which is heading to the northeast. Latest weather forecasts suggest that the storm could bring only isolated showers in the region.
"The volume of excess water (east ) is now about 870 million cubic meters ," said Deputy Prime Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi said yesterday in his capacity as Chairman of Water and Flood Management Commission . He believed dewatering operations will have to continue this in the next month to clear all the excess water.
Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra visited two heavily flooded provinces in the region yesterday.
Prachin Buri is struggling with floods for over a month now . Many of the local villages were cut off due to high floodwaters at press time .
With the runoff water from Prachin Buri, the adjacent sea Chachoengsao province is flooded too.
Plodprasop said the surge was a setback for drainage operations. The main drain is Bang Pakong River , which flows into the sea. However, the water level at the time is quite high too.
However , Plodprasop believes that floodwater from Chachoengsao will be transferred and the eastern part of Bangkok.
The disaster prevention and mitigation department said 45 provinces have been flooded after September 19th. Some 61 people have died in flood -related death in that time .
Several flooded provinces in the northeast , which is set to face the wrath of the "Nari".
Floodwater levels in the worst affected areas in Phimai in Nakhon Ratchasima more than one meter deep yesterday. Some residents need to evacuate , while others stood and traveled by boat.