Bangkok is not yet safe from the flooding, Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Monday.
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Bangkok is not yet safe from the flooding, Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said on Monday.
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra assured the public again that Bangkok is safe and that to alleviate the suffering of people, all canals expediting waterflow into three rivers, Chao Phraya, Tha Chin and Bang Pakong, are being dredged so as to speed up the waterflow into the sea.
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Monsoon trough prevails in lower Central Plain, lower Northeast and the East, causing widespread rain and heavy rain in certain areas.
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Water level at Pakkret Municipality, north of Nonthaburi, at noon is up 0.5 centimetre from yesterday according to Bangkok Post reporter who lives in Pakkret and has been inspecting the water level at noon for the past four days.
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra on Sunday morning presided over a ceremony to launch an operation using motorboats to propel the flows of water along the Chao Phraya river into the Gulf of Thailand.
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Col Songvit Noonpakdi, commander of Army's 11th regiment based in Bangkok, said Nava Nakorn must be protected at all costs as it is the last line of defence before the flood tide reaches North Bangkok according to TV report.
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Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation has declared Minburi, eastern Bangkok, a disaster area.
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United States Marines are moving 26 helicopters to Thailand to help government's flood relief operations.
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After having inundated Saha Ratana, Rojana, Hi-Tech, and Bang Pa-in industrial estates in Ayutthaya, the water mass is now threatening the oldest industrial estate in Thailand, Nava Nakorn, says TV news report.
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Monsoon trough still prevails over Central Plain, lower Northeast and Eastern regions, causing widespread rain and heavy rain in certain areas.
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Water level at Pakkret Municipality, north of Nonthaburi, at noon is up 1 cm from yesterday according to Bangkok Post reporter who lives in Pakkret and has been inspecting the water level at noon for the past three days.
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Bangkok is well protected and the capital will not be flooded, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra told people on Channel 11 on Saturday morning.
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Heavy rain in Bangkok this evening snarls traffic on many roads.
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A total of 108 branches of 11 commercial banks and a financial firm have been closed in the flooded provinces, the Bank of Thailand reported on Friday afternoon.
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Bangkok will not be affected by the widespread flooding, Deputy Prime Minister and director of the Flood Relief Operation Centre Pracha Promnok said at a press conference on Friday.
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Bangkok will not be affected by the widespread flooding, Deputy Prime Minister and director of the Flood Relief Operation Centre Pracha Promnok said at a press conference on Friday.
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Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi on Friday apologised to Bangkok people for his premature flood evacuation alert yesterday evening.
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra moved Friday to reassure Bangkok's 12 million residents over the looming flood crisis, after one of her ministers briefly sparked panic with an false-alarm evacuation warning.
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The army is urgently dredging canals to improve the rate of discharge of floodwater into the sea via the Tha Chin river in an effort to save Bangkok from severe flooding.
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Vendors at Pak Klong Talat, the wholesale market for fruits, vegetables and flowers in Bangkok say that vegetables will be expensive for the next two months.
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If a live telecast from City Hall, BMA drainage director Sanya Chinimit assures the viewers that BMA's flood walls are built following engineering standard with ample margin of error.
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In a live telecast from City Hall, BMA official assures the public that inner city is 100% safe if there is no heavy rain.
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BMA governor in a live telecast tells people in Bangkok to listen to him as he was elected over 1 million votes to take charge of Bangkok.
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Justice Minister Pracha Promnok said on Thursday he was 70 per cent confident Bangkok would be saved from flooding.
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Thailand will remain a member of the World Heritage Committee and will ask it to wait for a ruling from the International Court of Justice before considering Cambodia's plan to manage the World Heritage-listed Preah Vihear temple.
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In a live NBT telecast, Irrigation Department chief Chalit Damrongsak assures the viewers that Bangkok's flood walls can cope with the upcoming water run-off from the North.
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Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra ordered Science Minister Plodprasop Suraswadee to take charge of dredging canals in the east and west of Bangkok to finish in 2 days in time to speed up run-off water from the North.
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Government's flood relief operation centre director Pol Gen Pracha Phromnok vowed to protect Bangkok by adjusting the strategy diverting run-off water to Chachoengsao in the east and Thon Buri in the west.
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Pramote Mai-klad, former irrigation department chief and water expert, assured the public that BMA can cope with floods even though the capital is facing water run-off from the North, rainfalls and upcoming high tide.
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Thailand on Wednesday declared a third of its provinces to be disaster zones, as auto giant Toyota called a halt to work after production was affected by the country's worst flooding in decades.
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