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Sukhothai residents brace for flooding as embankment collapses
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- Sukhothai faces severe flooding after a Yom River embankment collapsed, inundating 130 households in Sawankhalok district and prompting emergency evacuations.
- Authorities deem immediate embankment repairs too risky as water levels approach 2011 flood highs, with further collapses expected.
- The Royal Irrigation Department plans to increase water discharge from the Chao Phraya dam, warning downstream residents to prepare for rising water levels.
- Widespread flooding has claimed 22 lives and affected over 21,000 households across 37 districts in multiple Thai provinces.
- Thailand seeks urgent coordination with China and Laos to manage Mekong River dam discharges, aiming to mitigate regional flood impacts.
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