Posted on 03 January 2013. Tags: Bangkok, Heavy, return, revelers, traffic, Years
Holidaymakers flooded back to Bangkok yesterday, returning from trips outside the capital to celebrate the New Year. Inbound traffic on main arteries entering Bangkok was heavy, the reverse of just a few days earlier when outbound traffic came to a standstill. The first five days of this year’s “Seven Dangerous Days” around the New Year [...]
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Posted on 06 October 2012. Tags: Central, changes, Course, Gaemi, Heavy, lower, rains, south, unleash, upper
Tropical Storm Gaemi has changed its course heading towards Thailand, going a bit further southward and resulting in even greater effects and much heavier rain, especially in the upper South, a key-man in overall flood and water management operations said Friday. Full News here – NationMultimedia.com – Breakingnews
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Posted on 13 September 2012. Tags: Bangkok, brace, flooding, Heavy, rain, riverside, this, told, Weekend
People in 27 riverside communities in Bangkok have been warned to prepare for possible flooding this weekend, with heavy rains expected from Friday until Monday. The communities, which are home to about 1,200 families, are located in areas along the river that don’t have a flood embankment, the Nation reported. Even an embankment doesn’t guarantee [...]
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