BANGKOK, Nov 12 — The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Saturday issued flood alerts and evacuation advisories for residents in Prawet, Saphan Sung and Bangkok Yai. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said that the overall situation of flooding in Bangkok was gradually improving as water levels were likely decreasing. Read more: MCOT
BANGKOK, Nov 11 – Bang Chan and Lat Krabang Industrial Estates in Bangkok can survive the flood crisis if the floodwaters can be resisted for another seven days, the Engineering Institute of Thailand secretary-general said Friday. Thanes Weerasiri said the situation must be under close watch as both industrial estates have been surrounded by water. […]
BANGKOK, Nov 11 – The overall flooding situation in Bangkok is seen as improving as the water level is decreasing in many areas. The water covering Vibhavadi Rangsit Road declined by 20cm including at the offices of Thai Rath newspaper, where it was 60cm deep and at Thai Airways International headquarters where it was 65cm […]
The Lat Krabang industrial estate in eastern Bangkok was fortifying its flood barriers as the flood levels in the surrounding areas have risen another two centimetres, the government said on Friday. Industry Minister Wannarat Channukul said the floodwater had already reached the eastern, northern, and western sides of the flood dykes built around the industrial […]
An engineering consulting firm is confident that eight major districts in inner Bangkok will be safe from flooding thanks to high elevation and extensive canal systems. Chawalit Chantararat, managing director of engineering consultancy, Team Group, expressed confidence that flooding in Bangkok will likely be confined to the area along Bang Sue Canal because the runoff […]
Bangkok could be drained of water in 11 days, says the Irrigation Department, presenting good news to an anxious city for the first time since northern floodwaters entered the capital. Nearly half of the northern runoff which has devastated farmland and industrial estates and flooded parts of the capital has now flowed into the sea […]
In Thailand’s capital, much of the city’s attention is focused on keeping more water from flowing into the city’s downtown. But there are also worries over the health risks posed by floating garbage, open sewage and toxic runoff from industrial estates and rice paddies from the north. Sabong Suprang has been working as a trash […]
BANGKOK, Nov 10 – Five more sub-districts of Bangkok have been tagged for evacuation in the face of the current oncoming flood, according to City Hall. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) on Thursday issued an evacuation advisory for five sub-districts in three districts — one for Bang Bon, two for Chom Thong and three for […]
