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This video can not be played To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser. Aerial footage shows flooded Bangkok districts. Over a third of Thailand's provinces have been inundated. Published 20 October Further rain and thunder storms have been forecast for the next 5 days at least. Late June to early July usually marks the start of the rainy season for Bangkok. Thai News Agency NNT say that the flood water from 21 June has since started to recede and conditions are retuning to normal as officials work to drain water from the remaining flooded areas.
In the wake of the flooding in Bangkok, Prime Minister Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha said he had already assigned relevant agencies, including the Ministry of Interior, the military, the National Council for Peace and Order and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, to make preparations for such an incident beforehand, especially in vulnerable areas of the city.
However, the premier admitted that the improvement of the drainage system has been conducted in a selective manner, preventing the flood problem from being solved effectively. He thus disclosed a plan to give the entire system a facelift as a long-term solution.
He added that the flood prevention work under the responsibility of the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is a long-term project that requires a great amount of time and budget. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration says it has stepped up its effort in preventing flooding conditions in Bangkok. More personnel and equipment are deployed to monitor the situation around the clock.
Sukhumbhand Paribatra attended a meeting with relevant units on flooding in Bangkok on 21 June. Science Technology Business U. Thailand eyes developing storms as flooding continues. As flood waters continued to inundate areas in northern and central Thailand and were starting to hit low-lying areas in the capital, Thai officials were looking warily ahead Tuesday the possibility of more storms this month, but were optimistic the devastation of a decade ago would not be repeated.
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