Thai Capital Bangkok Declared Disaster Zone Amid Flooding
Officials will speed aid for vulnerable residents and coordinate seven flood-response measures as water levels rise across the city.
- On Saturday, Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt declared Thailand's capital a disaster-affected zone following widespread flooding. The declaration aims to accelerate assistance across the city as residents face inundation and more rain.
- Bangkok has experienced more than 24 hours of continuous rainfall, exceeding 150 mm in some areas, with the weather agency forecasting further thunderstorms and heavy rain throughout the weekend.
- Chadchart chaired a command meeting with representatives from all 50 district offices to coordinate response measures. He stated the situation "poses a risk to people's lives … as well as damage to public and private property."
- The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration is preparing a formal disaster declaration to support citywide assistance. Officials are mobilizing resources, including sandbags and shelters, while prioritizing care for vulnerable residents and bedridden patients.
- District offices must coordinate with relevant agencies to monitor water levels and manage travel impacts. The BMA will continue adjusting measures as conditions change to ensure assistance reaches residents throughout all affected areas.
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This statement, which allows the local authorities to take emergency measures, comes at a time when almost 300 millimetres of rain have fallen on the Thai capital since Thursday, according to Bangkok's governor Chadchart Sittipunt. "Water keeps climbing. It is difficult to get out now. It reaches my waist," she said to AFP Somkid Pheuk-ngam, a 67-year-old saleswoman who lives near a canal near the center. "I can't go anywhere. I've closed my sho…
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Nieuws.nlBANGKOK (ANP/AFP) - Since Thursday afternoon, it has been raining so heavily in the Thai capital Bangkok that authorities have declared an official flood disaster. The disaster status applies to all fifty districts of Bangkok, where incessant rain is causing severe flooding. The status g...
The Thai authorities declared a state of calamity on Saturday in all 50 districts of the capital, Bangkok due to floods caused by torrential rains, reports AFP.
The authorities of the city of Bangkok today declared the state of calamity in all 50 districts of the capital, due to floods caused by torrential rains. (ANSA)
Thai capital Bangkok declared disaster zone amid flooding
BANGKOK, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Bangkok's governor on Saturday declared Thailand's capital city a disaster-affected zone after residents woke to widespread flooding with some roads inundated, and the prospect of more rain. Here are some details:
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