Main highway linking Thailand’s North to Bangkok submerged

BANGKOK, Oct 7 – Thai government has set up an integrated operations centre at Don Mueang Airport as flooding in Ayutthaya closed a section of the Asian Highway in the province, Thailand’s main route to the North.

Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra convened a meeting at Don Mueang Airport at 10am Friday to tackle the flood threatening the capital, Bangkok, after flooding has largely shut down the central province of Ayutthaya, 76 kilometres north of Bangkok.

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