00:20Bangkok is battling a major flood crisis after relentless monsoon rain pushed water levels
00:27across the capital to critical levels on saturday september 26th bangkok governor chad chart city
00:35punt declared all 50 districts of the city disaster affected areas the decision dramatically
00:42expanded an earlier declaration that covered just three eastern districts authorities say the move
00:49will allow the bangkok metropolitan administration and other agencies to coordinate emergency operations
00:56deploy resources faster establish shelters and provide assistance to affected residents
01:04the crisis has been driven by almost continuous heavy rain since thursday afternoon a low pressure
01:11system over the lower central region combined with a monsoon trough and strengthening southwest
01:17monsoon has dumped extraordinary amounts of water across bangkok in parts of eastern bangkok
01:24accumulated rainfall over roughly 48 hours approached 300 millimeters minburi accorded around 274.5
01:35millimeters while klong samwa saw roughly 273 millimeters eastern bangkok has been hit hardest
01:43with several major canals reaching capacity and overflowing canals including san sap
01:50prowet buriram lat prau and prem prachakorn have struggled to contain the massive volume of water water flowing
01:59in from neighboring nantaburi and pathumtani has added further pressure to the drainage system
02:06the result has been widespread flooding across roads homes businesses and residential areas water logging has
02:14disrupted major routes including vibhavadi rang sit pahan yotin lat prau ram kumhang ekamai sukumvit srinakaran
02:25and cheng watana in some areas water has reached knee or even waist height leaving vehicles stranded and
02:33causing severe traffic disruption residents have been seen wading through flooded streets while some shops and
02:40businesses have been forced to close the emergency has also affected vulnerable residents around 981 people
02:49have been moved into emergency shelters many of them set up inside schools at least 36 bedridden patients
02:57have also been evacuated with some requiring medical support including ventilators authorities are continuing to
03:05survey vulnerable residents and prepare additional assistance bangkok's drainage system is operating at
03:12full capacity with pumping efforts reaching around 1200 cubic meters per second officials have prepared
03:19around 1 million sandbags while water diversion operations are also underway temporary shelters are
03:26providing food and sanitation with the army also assisting through relief operations and field kitchens
03:33authorities are urging residents to stay home where possible move vehicles and valuables to higher ground
03:40and avoid heavily flooded roads residents have also been advised to photograph flood damage for potential
03:48assistance claims the crisis is not limited to bangkok flooding has been reported in at least 20 other
03:55provinces across thailand including nakon ratchasima chantaburi chonbury samat prakhan and ayutthaya
04:05there is some cautious relief governor chad chart said the situation had somewhat stabilized by saturday
04:12afternoon and could begin improving if heavy rain does not return but the danger remains thailand's meteorological
04:21department is warning of continued heavy to very heavy rain across bangkok surrounding areas and large parts of the
04:29country through sunday september 27th further rain could trigger additional flash floods runoff and landslides
04:37particularly in vulnerable and low-lying areas officials say drainage in bangkok could take two to three days if
04:45rainfall finally eases for now bangkok remains on high alert as authorities race to drain flooded neighborhoods
04:54and protect residents and with more heavy rain still possible the next 24 hours could prove critical for
05:01thailand's thailand's flood-hit capital
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