Don Muaeng Airport evacuated
The Flood Relief Operations Centre has moved people from its evacuation site in Don Muaeng Airport to a shelter inside a college in Chon Buri, after it looked like the compound might get submerged.
FROC spokesman Wim Rungwatthanajinda said more than 100 buses were being used to move some 4,000 evacuees and the job should be completed in four hours, he said yesterday at 6.30pm. Another potential shelter is Bangkok’s National Stadium, now that the Rajamangala Stadium in Hua Mark is already accommodating evacuees.
Wim added that FROC was looking for a new operations site, though he would not say if the new site would be in Bangkok.
Prospective shelters outside Bangkok include the Bonanza camp in Nakhon Ratchasima, which could accommodate up to 10,000 people; Saraburi’s Fort Adisorn; the Burapa University campus in Chon Buri as well as city halls in nearby provinces.
He said the idea of putting up evacuees in hotels had been floated but dismissed later due to high costs and likely refusal by hotel owners.
