Bangkok prepares for high water levels, flooding

Four million sandbags have been prepared as temporary embankment walls to cope with coming floods in Bangkok at the peak of this month’s wet season, a deputy Bangkok governor said yesterday.

The sandbags will be utilised to prevent flooding at 15 locations most prone to flash foods, said Phornthep Techapaiboon. Flood drainage operations and the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration’s BEST rapid-response teams are also on standby to help with emergency flooding, he added.

Water level in canals have been kept at a low level to cope with high rainwater volume, he said.

(The Nation)