PeterRS Posted October 21, 2010 Posted October 21, 2010 I have been reading reports of dreadful flooding in many parts of Thailand. This presumably means the water in the Chao Phraya is racing towards Bangkok. Anyone know if there has been flooding in Bangkok? Quote
pong Posted October 22, 2010 Posted October 22, 2010 Anyone know if there has been flooding in Bangkok? Of course there has been-and is now. Along the river, obviously. As happens about every year around this time. The areas where most of posters here stay/know of, are still hardly, if at all, affected. BUT: the worst has yet to come-presumably this weekend. Just like every year, river-sides have been reinforced with sandbags, but if that will hold remains to be seen. Obviously, if flooding gets worse, it will be along the low-lying areas along the river. For how far, how deep and how long: only Buddha knows. PS: if you read reports (the usual forums like thaivisa or lonelyplanet or tripadvisor have them a plnety), then they, in the age-old Thai custom always list PROVINCES, of which BKK is one. Provinces can be quite large, up to the size of a minor country-and obvously this will not mean the whole of that province is flooded. In fact its quite superfluous: look at a decent map, and any province along the major rivers will have flooding-of some kind right now. Quote
