Bangkok on alert as 70,000 homes flooded in Thailand


A car rides through a flooded road in Phitsanulok province, Thailand, on Sept 26, 2021. - Reuters

Bangkok, Sept 28, 2021 (AFP): Thai authorities on Tuesday rushed to protect parts of Bangkok from floodwaters that have already inundated 70,000 homes and killed six people in the country's northern and central provinces.

Tropical storm Dianmu has caused flooding in 30 provinces, with the kingdom's central region the worst hit, the Thai Disaster Prevention and Mitigation Department said.

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