Bangkok flood waters rising 12 inches left

The floating river boat platform usually has 2-3 metres of leeway on this pole. It's down to the last 12 inches before it begins to run out of room and begin breaking apart

Bangkok flood waters rising

October 22nd 2011
The standard greeting in Bangkok is now, "Are you affected by the floods?" And it's easy to see why. I took a river boat up Bangkok's Chao Phraya river to have a look at the flooding. So far the defenses seem to be holding up. But nothing is completely waterproof. At the moment, the flood barriers holding the river level up 1-2 metres above ground level still have around 12-18 i ... read more

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