TEMPORARY SHELTERS
Almost continuous rain since Thursday afternoon has swelled Bangkok’s network of canals, sending murky water into surrounding homes, restaurants, shops and alleyways.
Chadchart said at least 13 roads were also flooded, and AFP reporters saw residents in several different neighbourhoods forced to wade through high waters.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) declared a disaster for all the city’s 50 districts, a move which gives local organisations special powers to act.
But the governor urged residents not to worry about potential food shortages caused by blocked roads, stressing: “The public don’t have to be panicked.”
Chadchart revealed that around 980 people were staying in temporary shelters, while authorities had transferred 36 bed-ridden people to hospitals.
“I woke up to go to work and the street in front of my house was flooded,” said motorbike rider Samruay Nakkamnueng in the Ari neighbourhood.
“I’m worried if my motorbike would be able to wade through floodwater this much.”
In the On Nut neighbourhood, an AFP reporter saw locals filling sandbags to take home to protect their homes and businesses.
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