Bangkok’s Lat Krabang battles as water rises

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 […]

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Bangkok could be dry in 11 days

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 […]

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Bangchan Industrial Estate braces for flood after upstream sluice gate damage

BANGKOK, Nov 2 – The Bangchan Industrial Estate is prepared to handle incoming floodwater, which started to rise from underground drains and sewers there on Wednesday morning. According to the latest report, some floodwater started overflowing from underground drains and sewers opposite Saha-Union on Sereethai Road within the Bangchan estate. Read more: MCOT

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