'Sleeping On Table For 2 Days': Over 52,000 Houses Flooded In Bangkok, Thousands Moved To Shelters
Heavy monsoon rains have caused severe flooding in Bangkok, affecting over 52,000 households and forcing thousands into shelters. Residents report that water levels in some areas have surpassed those seen during the catastrophic 2011 floods.
Why it matters
The event highlights the increasing vulnerability of major urban centers in Southeast Asia to extreme weather events exacerbated by climate change.
Thousands of Bangkok residents awoke in shelters on Sunday after flooding triggered by days of heavy rain in the Thai capital inundated homes and roads, with some starting to dry out their homes and belongings.Nearly 4,900 people have been evacuated to shelters, with around 52,000 households affected by the floods, which prompted a disaster declaration across the capital, according to the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA).More than 330 millimetres (13 inches) of rain fell in some areas of the city between Thursday and Sunday, the weather agency said.Thailand is used to wet weather and September is the peak of the rainy season, but several Bangkok residents said this year seemed worse."Our house was underwater for about 30 hours," office worker Kosin Nilset, who lives along…
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