Eight more neighbourhoods told to evacuate

“Please move your belongings to higher ground and evacuate to shelters provided by the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration,” he advised.
The eight communities are Wang Yai, Wang Soam, Samakkee Pattana, Lam Salee, Lam Salee Pattana, Mooban Yoosabai, Matcha and Pracha Ruamjai.
Sukhumbhand said the warning was issued because run-off water from the upper part of the country is now flowing into Bang Kapi district via several canals, which look set to overflow. In Bangkok’s eastern zone, a section of Krungthep Kreetha Road – which stretches between Lam Salee and Krungthep Kreetha golf course – was already seriously inundated. Flood-water levels stood as high as 80 centimetres there.
In Bangkok’s western zone, sections of many key roads including Phetkasem Road remained impassable to traffic because of raging floods.
At the mouth of Soi Phetkasem 65, water was up to a metre deep.
Flooding in Bangkok mainly eased in areas close to Bang Sue Canal, which has now played a vital role in pushing run-off water into the Chao Phraya River.
Thanks partially to the drainage system and extra pumps along this canal, flood water that raged through districts of northern Bangkok such as Don Muang had not entered the capital’s inner zone.
Flood water also receded from Phaholyothin Road in front of the Skytrain’s Mo Chit station and the MRT subway’s Phaholyothin station.
Along the border of Bangkok and Samut Sakhon, locals, officials and businesspeople are joining efforts to fight floods.
At the National Housing Authority’s Thon Buri project (Keha Thonburi), soldiers and officials used sandbags and pumps to drain flood water from the project site after finding that a canal that ran into the zone hit a dead end. As a result, flood-water levels there dropped by between 5cm and 7cm.
At a nearby location, residents, businesspeople and local administrative bodies were attempting to build another channel alongside the Bang Nam Jeud Canal.
“Once completed, this channel will help push about 10 cubic metres of water out to sea per second,” said Sinchai Industry owner Wiwat Singchai, who was spearheading the effort.