TEMPORARY SHELTERS<\/p>\n
Almost continuous rain since Thursday afternoon has swelled Bangkok’s network of canals, sending murky water into surrounding homes, restaurants, shops and alleyways.<\/p>\n
“Our problem is that the canals are full,” Chadchart said.<\/p>\n
“We are cooperating with nearby provinces and try to drain water out through other sides, minimising the amount that flows into Bangkok.”<\/p>\n
Once dubbed the “Venice of the East”, Bangkok is built on former marshland and rests about 1.5m above sea level.<\/p>\n
The BMA said earlier the city’s pumping stations were operating at full capacity, drawing some 1,200 cubic metres per second combined.<\/p>\n
AFP reporters saw residents wading or pushing their motorcycles through high waters in several districts of eastern Bangkok, while parked cars were partially submerged on one major road.<\/p>\n
In Bang Bua district, one woman tried to salvage goods from her shop as the floodwaters came up to her thighs.<\/p>\n
Khem Amnueilaph, an office worker who lives in Suan Luang district in eastern Bangkok, said the water in his neighbourhood was “higher than knee level”.<\/p>\n
“My house is new so it was elevated, but some old houses near by the water have already flooded,” the 36-year-old told AFP by telephone.<\/p>\n
“I have food in my stock for two to three days, but I may have to wade through the floodwater for food later,” he said, adding: “I have no idea how to get to work on Monday.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"TEMPORARY SHELTERS Almost continuous rain since Thursday afternoon has swelled Bangkok’s network of canals, sending murky water into…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":906497,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[64,63,75,18630,128,3725],"class_list":["post-906496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-environment","tag-flooding","tag-science","tag-thailand"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=906496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/906496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/906497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=906496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=906496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=906496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}