Photos: Heavy rains and flooding in Bangkok force thousands into shelters

Flooding triggered by days of dense rainfall successful Thailand’s capital, Bangkok, has inundated homes and roads, affecting immoderate 52,000 households, with astir 4,900 radical evacuated to shelters.

Water levels successful the city’s web of canals remained precocious connected Sunday morning, with authorities moving to velocity up drainage, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said. More rainfall was forecast passim Sunday for Bangkok and its surrounding provinces, but it would statesman to taper disconnected connected Monday, it said.

Authorities declared a flood catastrophe crossed Bangkok connected Saturday aft astir 48 hours of dense rain. More than 330mm (13 inches) of rainfall fell successful immoderate areas of the metropolis betwixt Thursday and Sunday, according to the upwind agency.

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