Flooding worsens, Residents Leave Bangkok

Some Bangkok residents today began leaving their homes to save themselves from a flood. The government had already set off for five days for the Thai capital's residents have time to evacuate because of flooding has been soaking so much more elevated embankment.

"It seems we are facing a force of nature, flash floods had damaged a number of levees," said the Prime Minister of Thailand, Yingluck Shinawatra, told Reuters. New to PM since last August, Yingluck asserts that natural forces are not able to be resisted even by building strong levees though many.


"So let the flood water was flowing into the sea and we can do is set it so it can flow slowly. If not, everyone will suffer," said Yingluck.

Traffic in central Bangkok have started to empty during a five-day holiday came into effect. However, the main road heading out of town that are not flooded already crowded with people. They flocked to the other cities, such as Hua Hin and Pattaya, and struggling to find a place to stay temporarily.

Residents also meet the departure terminal of Bangkok International Airport Suvarnabhumi to go by plane. Another airport in Bangkok, Don Muang, was closed since Tuesday because it was hit by floodwaters. Though Don Muang could be used as a temporary refuge.

The city has a population of 12 million people, Bangkok threatened suffer more severe flooding. In addition to receiving submissions from the northern water, overflowing the main Chao Phraya river was increasingly high. Bangkok is located on a sloping area and bypassed by the water that flows from northern Thailand.

For Thailand, this is the worst flooding in half a century. Since mid-July, the disaster in northern and central Thailand has killed 373 people and affecting 2.5 million people.