Beleaguered Bangkok braced for more floods
Authorities have taken measures to divert floodwaters flowing from the north away from the city and into the Gulf of Thailand, but the capital was on tenterhooks because of the possibility of heavy rainfall into canals and rivers already full to the brim.
Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra said authorities were doing everything possible to drive the water out, but were facing a race against time.
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Hide Ad“Water is coming from different places and headed in the same direction. We’re trying to build walls but there will be some impact on Bangkok,” Mr Yingluck told reporters, adding that high tide in the Gulf by the end of the week could complicate the situation.
Since late July 356 people have been killed in Thailand’s worst flooding for half a century.