In a televised solemn flood warning by Bangkok governor Sukhumbhand Palibatra last night, Bangkok residents are advised to stay clam and keep monitoring the situation in the next 48 hours, when the next statement is possible if not flash flood.

“Be alert, but please don’t panic”: he told the audience, at a press conference intially intended as an emergency session and scheduled at a cable channel, and later downgraded to serving as an alert and aired on Modern 9 Channel.

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