Heavy rain causes flooding and traffic chaos in Bangkok

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Heavy rain causes flooding and traffic chaos in Bangkok

By Pratch Rujivanarom 
The Nation

 

 

Unseasonal heavy rain on Wednesday morning triggered flooding in downtown areas of Bangkok and caused the traffic havoc.

 

Bangkok Flood Control Centre said on Wednesday before noon that there was heavy rain in many districts of Bangkok, including most of Thon Buri, Ratchathewi, Yannawa and Pathumwan. The highest rainfall as of 11.50 am was 76.5 millimetres in Pathumwan district.

 

The heavy downpour during the morning rush hours triggered floods on many streets. The Drainage and Sewerage Department of Bangkok Metropolitan Administration (BMA) said there was minor flooding of around 15 centimetres deep at Ratchaprasong Intersection at around 11.40 am. The department expected that the flood would recede within one hour. 

 

However, people in the area reported on social media that the floodwaters were so high that the pavement was submerged in some parts of Sukhumvit Road. Rains also flooded many sois (minor streets) nearby, which resulted in heavier traffic than usual throughout the inner parts of Bangkok.

 

Source: http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30337046

 

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[MaxLee]

Okay here we go,............. that early in the season. It's gonna get more unseasonal this year. Who wants to bet?

[GarryP]

Pity it didn't improve the air quality much.

[SkyNets]

Lucky they spent the off season cleaning and repairing the drainage, arrrr?

[MaxLee]

5 minutes ago, SkyNets said:

Lucky they spent the off season cleaning and repairing the drainage, arrrr?

Can you imagine what will happen DURING the REAL rainy season 2018???

[kotsak]

14 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

Can you imagine what will happen DURING the REAL rainy season 2018???

Something like this I guess..

 

 

[MaxLee]

6 minutes ago, kotsak said:

Something like this I guess..

 

 

Worst than that, wanna bet?

[SkyNets]

groundhog day

36 minutes ago, MaxLee said:

Can you imagine what will happen DURING the REAL rainy season 2018???

Probably the same as 2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011 and so on :)

[MaxLee]

46 minutes ago, SkyNets said:

groundhog day

Probably the same as 2017,2016,2015,2014,2013,2012,2011 and so on :)

 

I bet like 2011 more likely

[thaibeachlovers]

Blaming it on "unseasonal" rain is like London tube blaming a stoppage of service on the wrong sort of leaves on the track ( which they did ).

[Crossy]

Interestingly (or not) we got barely a drip at Mo Chit (BTS HQ) but Rangsit had flooding on my way home.

 

Very localised rain.

[MaxLee]

This will be the year of more unseasonal rains to come, wanna bet?

[thaibeachlovers]

4 hours ago, MaxLee said:

This will be the year of more unseasonal rains to come, wanna bet?

Perhaps they can make Thailand the hub of unseasonal rain.

[samsensam]

21 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Blaming it on "unseasonal" rain is like London tube blaming a stoppage of service on the wrong sort of leaves on the track ( which they did ).

 

it was british rail, which also gets effected by the wrong kind of snow...

[Reigntax]

2 hours ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Perhaps they can make Thailand the hub of unseasonal rain.

 Perhaps they can keep the royal rainmaking squad grounded and stop them doing practice sorties