Not much festival feeling on Bangkok’s flooded streets – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=22434 BANGKOK – Shrugging her shoulders at the leech-marks on her shin, Kanita Somsaard emptied her wellington boots, for...
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Thailand floods: Central Bangkok spared for now – The Diplomat/RTÉ World Report
http://the-diplomat.com/2011/10/30/central-bangkok-spared-for-now/ radio report here – http://www.rte.ie/news/av/2011/1030/worldreport.html#&autoplay=true BANGKOK – “We sat on a wall outside, and the army truck picked us...
Northern suburbs suffer while Bangkok awaits flood – Christian Science Monitor/Al-Jazeera
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Global-News/2011/1028/Bangkok-awaits-flood-as-northern-suburbs-suffer Al-Jazeera clip here – BANGKOK – After her house in the northern Bangkok suburb...
Bangkok faces possible deluge – The Irrawaddy
http://www.irrawaddy./article.php?art_id=22334 BANGKOK – “I asked the BMA (Bangkok Metropolitan Authority) and the Army for help with sandbags, but no...
Thailand floods: Water seeps into heart of Bangkok, barriers may not hold – Christian Science Monitor
http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2011/1026/Thailand-floods-Water-seeps-into-heart-of-Bangkok-barriers-may-not-hold BANGKOK – As the most severe flooding to hit Thailand in decades began to enter the heart of...
Thailand floods: Bangkok braced after old capital swamped – The Diplomat
Flooding in Thailand has already claimed at least 250 lives. With Bangkok under threat, things could get worse. http://the-diplomat.com/2011/10/10/inside-the-thailand-flood-zone/...