Heavy flooding continues in eastern Bangkok - Bangkok Post

Floodwater at Khlong Tan intersection where Ramkhamhaeng, Pattanakan, Sukhumvit 71 and Phetchaburi roads meet. (Photos: Jetjaras Na Ranong) Bangkok governor Chadchart Sittipunt said heavy flooding continued in eastern districts of Bangkok, where most main canals remained full on Sunday.

The governor said during his live Facebook post on Sunday morning that water filled the Lat Phrao canal, the Prawet Burirom canal, the Prem Prachakorn canal and the Saen Saep canal where water pumps had problems.

Heavy floods struck Lat Krabang district heavily as there were more than 30,000 victims. Other areas with severe flooding included Ramkhamhaeng and Bang Kapi as rain measured about 10 millimetres on Sunday morning, he said.

“Serious flooding continues in eastern districts of the capital and officials try to speed up drainage there,” the Bangkok governor said while being a passenger of a taxi motorcyclist towards City Hall in Din Daeng district.

Flood levels ranging from 8.5 to 15.7cm were reported on Phahon Yothin 60/1 and Sukhaphiban 5 roads in Sai Mai district, Lat Krabang 30/1 Road in Lat Krabang, Phahon Yothin Road at the 11th Infantry Regiment in Bang Khen and Seri Thai Road (at Bangchan Industrial Estate) in Bung Kum.

A Bangkok bus crosses Khlong Tan intersection on Sunday.

A man collects licence plates torn from their frames by the fierce current, for owners to recover later, at Khlong Tan intersection on Sunday.

Phetchaburi Road near Ekamai intersection.