Rainfall, run-off and high tide are three critical factors to determine whether the capital will be inundated and Bangkok’s flood risk will peak in two periods, from Friday to Sunday and from October 28 to October 31.

Thailand’s Flood Relief Centre chief Pracha Promnok said on Tuesday that authorities were working with utmost efforts to save Bangkok from flooding but could not guarantee the outcome.

“The fate of Bangkok depends entirely on how the water situation will turn out,” he said.

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