Bangkok roads submerged as flood disaster declared
Officials said 31 roads were still flooded as emergency shelters opened and pumping stations ran at full capacity.
- On Saturday, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt declared a city-wide flood disaster across all 50 districts, granting local agencies emergency powers to mobilise resources and coordinate relief after almost 48 hours of heavy rain.
- Nearly 300 millimetres of rain fell since Thursday, with Bangkok recording 487 millimetres between September 1 and 25—significantly exceeding the historical average of nearly 269 millimetres for the same 1991-2020 period.
- City officials are operating pumping stations at combined capacity of 1,200 cubic metres per second while preparing one million sandbags; authorities opened more than 200 shelters housing around 980 people and transferred 36 bedridden patients to hospitals.
- Governor Chadchart reported mid-afternoon Saturday the situation had "stabilised," estimating two to three days to drain floodwaters if rain ceases; Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul announced he is cutting short an overseas trip to return Sunday.
- Thai Meteorological Department officials warn heavy to very heavy rain will continue through Sunday due to strong low-pressure system and strengthened monsoon conditions, as more than 84,000 people across 21 provinces face ongoing flooding amid comparisons to the 2011 disaster that killed more than 500 people.
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The death toll from rains and flooding in Thailand has risen to 23, authorities said on Tuesday Waters receded from the hard-hit capital Bangkok, where its main airport operated in chaos and the government approved a multi-million aid package.
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The death toll from rains and flooding in Thailand has risen to 23, authorities said on Tuesday, as waters receded from the hard-hit capital Bangkok, where its main airport operated in chaos.
The torrential rains have flooded entire neighborhoods of Bangkok, where at least four people have died and has been declared a catastrophic area, while more than 80,000 people have been isolated in their homes throughout the country. Storms show the vulnerability of the megacity settled on the Chao Phraya River Delta.
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