BANGKOK, Thailand – Samut Songkhram has declared three districts disaster zones and opened 33 temporary shelters able to hold up to 6,140 people as it braces for potential flooding from surging Mae Klong Dam discharges.

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Governor Chayachai Saeng-in said outflow hit 2,227 cubic metres per second at 7am, with residents in Muang, Amphawa and Bang Khonthi — covering 27 subdistricts and 204 villages — warned four times by cell broadcast. Locals and shop owners have stacked sandbags around homes and businesses ahead of the anticipated flooding.

In Bangkok, conditions are steadily improving, with water receding in Khlong Chan, Bang Kapi, Lat Phrao and other areas, Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said after visiting Bang Kapi. At the hard-hit Khlong Chan housing estate, which Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has toured twice, levels in some spots have dropped about a metre below the Saen Saep Canal. Residents who had parked on roads and bridges have moved their cars back inside, with free seven-day parking available at NRT lots.

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Lat Phrao Road has largely dried out except for Soi Lat Phrao 191, where drainage is being accelerated. The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration, backed by extra pumps from the disaster prevention department, is pushing water into Phang Phuay Canal to restore Nawin Road to normal, with road repairs to follow once the water clears. Today’s focus is Srinagarindra Road, Pattanakarn Road, Saphan Sung and Lat Krabang, prioritising lower canal levels before draining streets and communities.

-Thailand News (TN)