Many roads this morning were unpassable by motorcycles and small vehicles, but officials have assured that the situation is almost back to normal, for now anyway.
Among the areas affected, with flood levels reported to be between 30 and 50 centimeters, include the area in front of Patong Hospital; the parking lot and ground floor office of Kathu Police Station in Patong; all along Nanai Rd, Soi Sai Nam Yen, and Rat Uthit 200 Pi d (the road in front of Jungceylon); Phang Mueang Sai Kor Rd (behind Jungceylon) as well as Soi Saen Sabai, which has no piping connected to the main drainage pipe on nearby Phang Mueang Sai Kor Rd.
Patong Deputy Mayor, Mr Wirasak Kaminthong said that the main reason for the flooding is that the municipality's prime drainage channel, Khlong Pak Bang has not been draining sufficiently “due to construction”.
Nonetheless, he assured that the situation is under control, with disaster mitigation officials working round-the-click to ensure swift draining of the excess water.
Part of Patong Mayor Chalermlak Kepsub's election platform earlier this year was to solve the town's habitual flooding, by ensuring a sufficient drainage grid and dredging the Khlong Pak Bang canal.
More rain is expected periordically throughout the weekend, with precipitation coverage of 40 per cent of the island and up to 80 per cent of the greater five Andaman province cluster.