Saturday, October 15, 2011

Bangkok Floods



Floods triggered by heavy
monsoon rains & entire villages
submerged completely & more than 280
people have been killed since late July, when
the flooding began.

At first, with flood defenses
tall, it looked like Bangkok would escape
the worst of the flooding, but then a boat
ran up against the flood walls
& let water come into
the city.
One accident with &
a lone boat.  

City under several meters of
water & it will overstay its welcome
for at least a month
more. 

Pile sandbags high &
drain canals.

Every temple & school & college &
orphanage & or stadium still dry
is housing the newly homeless. 

Toyota and Honda are suspending
production because of damage
to their factories & sorry.

Ayutthaya, containing temples and
monuments, has been injured &
some residents use elephants
to escape the flood &
they’re desperate.

Cambodia too & with 250
people lost.










From BBC’s “Bangkok floods: Thai capital fights to hold back waters” at http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-15319921

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