Originally Posted by Peter4
Not central Bangkok, not from what I have seen.
Right now (Sunday afternoon) I'm looking down from my window onto middle Sukhumvit Road in central Bangkok.
Totally dry.
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Outlying areas of Bangkok may have water, but most visitors don't go to those areas.
Up-country locations along the rivers -- well away from Bangkok -- certainly do have severe flooding.
The end of this week may be a different story for central Bangkok.
Thai people tell me that TV news predicts more rain plus high tides will arrive at the end of this week.
Bangkok is flat and at sea level.
-- Peter
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Well, Peter, you're on the ground and I have to rely on 2nd hand news sources where I am right now. But Nonthaburi isn't so far off the Bangkok beaten track and a lot of it is flooded. They had to bring special toilet boats in to "relieve" the residents of Ko Kred, the island in the Chao Phraya which is a popular tourist destination. As you say, central Bangkok has been spared for the moment, although I did see a report of Siam Square being underwater earlier this month.
Flood prevention wall raised higher to spare Bangkok from flood
BANGKOK, Oct 15 (TNA) – The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) is raising height of the flood prevention wall keeping the flooding Chao Phraya River out of downtown and metropolitan Bangkok.
Working against time to spare the Thai capital from the flood disaster now expected later this month, BMA Governor Apirak Kosayodhin said the city government is doing the best it can to stave off disaster.
Mr. Apirak Saturday inspected the capital's flood prevention defenses, especially the embankment built especially to hold back this season's floodwaters--the worst in many years.
The governor also visited residents along the banks of the Chao Phraya River in Bang Sue, considered as one of the most risky areas for floods in Bangkok.
Learning that the river's height has risen sharply and the area is densely populated, Mr. Apirak ordered city workers to raise the flood prevention wall to 2.90 metres from its present 2.70 metres.
Bangkok is thought likely to be hit by floods due to rising sea levels, especially between October 23 to 25.
http://etna.mcot.net