Flood misery persists in 18 provincesA motorcyclist with a sidecart moves cautiously along a flooded road in Ayutthaya province on Thursday. (Photo: Sunthorn Pongpao)Flooding has affected more than 200,000 households in 31 provinces over the past week and persists in 18 provinces to the north of Bangkok. In Phitsanulok, the Yom River bursted its banks, sending a huge amount of water through riverside communities in Bang Rakham district. Bang-orn Jakkrang, 62, a resident at Wang Kum village in Bang Rakam district, moved her belongings to the Chao Mae Maliwan shrine after her one-storey house was inundated. Mrs Bang-orn Jakkrang, 62, of Wang Kum village in Bang Rakam district, Phitsanulok, moved her belongings to Chao Mae Maliwan shrine after her one-storey house in Phitsanulok's Bang Rakam district was flooded out.
