BANGKOK FLOODS
Thailand's Prime Minister has warned that the kingdom would endure more weeks of flooding only days ago and the floodwaters in Bangkok have reached Don Muang Airport.
To ease the hardship faced by the people of Thailand, the Malaysian government has agreed to give an initial humanitarian aid of US$1 million although there was no request for it.
More than a thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in the northern Bangkok districts of Don Muang, where the water was up to 70cm deep last Saturday. The water has reached the runway. Yingluck Shinawatra told reporters today, "We expect the floodwater to remain in for around two weeks to a month before flowing into the sea."
The three months of heavy monsoon rains had killed some nearly 400 people and disrupted the livelihoods of 9 millions people, particularly the north and central region. The Chao Phraya high water levels is a threat to the commercial heart. The centre of Bangkok was still dry last Saturday and sunny blue skies belied the sense of nervous dread of the city of 12 million people. The Chao Phraya river has flooded 7 northern districts. The Chao Phraya begins at the confluence of the Ping and Nan rivers and flows south for 372 kilometres from the central plains and winds through Bangkok before falling into the Gulf of Thailand.
To ease the hardship faced by the people of Thailand, the Malaysian government has agreed to give an initial humanitarian aid of US$1 million although there was no request for it.
More than a thousand people have been evacuated from their homes in the northern Bangkok districts of Don Muang, where the water was up to 70cm deep last Saturday. The water has reached the runway. Yingluck Shinawatra told reporters today, "We expect the floodwater to remain in for around two weeks to a month before flowing into the sea."
The three months of heavy monsoon rains had killed some nearly 400 people and disrupted the livelihoods of 9 millions people, particularly the north and central region. The Chao Phraya high water levels is a threat to the commercial heart. The centre of Bangkok was still dry last Saturday and sunny blue skies belied the sense of nervous dread of the city of 12 million people. The Chao Phraya river has flooded 7 northern districts. The Chao Phraya begins at the confluence of the Ping and Nan rivers and flows south for 372 kilometres from the central plains and winds through Bangkok before falling into the Gulf of Thailand.
Cities along the Chao Phraya includes:
- Nakhon Sawan.
- Uthai Thani.
- Chainat.
- Singburi.
- Amg Thong.
- Ayutthaya.
- Pathum Thani.
- Nonthaburi.
- Bangkok.
- Samut Prakan.
A voyage of about 40 miles up the Menam River takes us to Ayuthia, the ancient capital of Siam.
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