Bangkok on alert as floods worsen


Taking no chances: A woman using an ATM in Bangkok as sandbags are piled up outside a bank as a preventive measure amid flooding across parts of central and northern Thailand. — AFP

Bangkok: Thai authorities 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 yesterday.

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