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Local river floods Bangkok’s historical center and suburbs
Local river floods Bangkok’s historical center and suburbs
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Floodwater gushed into the historical center of Thailand, with the Chao Phraya river having breached a one-meter-wide gap in a concrete levee. 25.10.2011, Sputnik International
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Local river floods Bangkok’s historical center and suburbs
12:33 GMT 25.10.2011 (Updated: 19:55 GMT 19.10.2022) Floodwater gushed into the historical center of Thailand, with the Chao Phraya river having breached a one-meter-wide gap in a concrete levee.
Floodwater gushed into the historical center of Thailand, with the Chao Phraya river having breached a one-meter-wide gap in a concrete levee.
Servicemen were quickly able to organize a supply of sandbags and stones, and by the early hours on Sunday they had securely plugged the hole and stopped the flow of water.
Bangkok’s northern suburb was completely flooded, and thousands of homes were left without power. People moved about Bangkok in self-made rafts.
A participant in "You're a Reporter” project reports from the flooded northern part of Bangkok.
