More districts of the Thai capital were ordered evacuated today as flood waters continued to seep through the north and west of Bangkok
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Pastor Dale Morgan
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More districts of the Thai capital were ordered evacuated today as flood waters continued to seep through the north and west of Bangkok.
Residents commute on pickup truck during floods in Bangkok on November 7, 2011
By Ian McKinnon, Bangkok
1:06PM GMT 07 Nov 2011
The Telegraph UK
The fresh orders meant that residents in one third of the 12 million-strong city’s districts have now been advised to leave their homes because of the advancing flood waters that have killed 506 people in three months.
Many of the inundated areas are under as much as 3ft of filthy brown water, playing havoc with bus services and traffic along flooded stretches of major roads through Bangkok.
The area of Chatuchak, home to the weekend market, was the latest district to be added to the list advised to leave. The main road outside the market has been covered in 1ft to 2ft of water for several days.
Water was also lapping at the stairways to the overhead Skytrain station, its most northern point, though the elevated transit system is continuing to operate to schedule. But three stations of the underground system are now threatened, though it too is running normally.
Evacuation orders are in place for 11 of Bangkok’s 50 districts, while residents in another seven districts are the subject of partial notices. The orders are not mandatory and many people have chosen to remain, living on upper floors, in order to protect property.
Two major Bangkok industrial estates in the east of the city are also in the path of the waters advancing southwards.
Lat Krabang, where 50,000 people are employed, and Bang Chan industrial estates are surrounded by water up to 4ft deep in places, though high flood barriers have kept the deluge at bay and they are still working.
Lat Krabang lies just six miles north of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport. Flights in and out have carried on as normal, but tourist numbers have nose-dived as visitors cancelled trips or stayed away because of the flooding.
But in areas north of Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Uthai Thani, where flood waters have begun to recede, clean-up operations are underway. Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has come under fire for her handling of the crisis, is due to visit some of the areas on tomorrow.
More districts of the Thai capital were ordered evacuated today as flood waters continued to seep through the north and west of Bangkok.
Residents commute on pickup truck during floods in Bangkok on November 7, 2011
By Ian McKinnon, Bangkok
1:06PM GMT 07 Nov 2011
The Telegraph UK
The fresh orders meant that residents in one third of the 12 million-strong city’s districts have now been advised to leave their homes because of the advancing flood waters that have killed 506 people in three months.
Many of the inundated areas are under as much as 3ft of filthy brown water, playing havoc with bus services and traffic along flooded stretches of major roads through Bangkok.
The area of Chatuchak, home to the weekend market, was the latest district to be added to the list advised to leave. The main road outside the market has been covered in 1ft to 2ft of water for several days.
Water was also lapping at the stairways to the overhead Skytrain station, its most northern point, though the elevated transit system is continuing to operate to schedule. But three stations of the underground system are now threatened, though it too is running normally.
Evacuation orders are in place for 11 of Bangkok’s 50 districts, while residents in another seven districts are the subject of partial notices. The orders are not mandatory and many people have chosen to remain, living on upper floors, in order to protect property.
Two major Bangkok industrial estates in the east of the city are also in the path of the waters advancing southwards.
Lat Krabang, where 50,000 people are employed, and Bang Chan industrial estates are surrounded by water up to 4ft deep in places, though high flood barriers have kept the deluge at bay and they are still working.
Lat Krabang lies just six miles north of Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi international airport. Flights in and out have carried on as normal, but tourist numbers have nose-dived as visitors cancelled trips or stayed away because of the flooding.
But in areas north of Bangkok, Pathum Thani and Uthai Thani, where flood waters have begun to recede, clean-up operations are underway. Prime minister Yingluck Shinawatra, who has come under fire for her handling of the crisis, is due to visit some of the areas on tomorrow.
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