“Only 30 centimetres more and it would be at the same level as the devastating flood in 2011,” he said. In Angthong’s Pa Mok district, flood victims have taken up odd jobs to tend their families. “We are suffering and don’t know when the flood will recede,” she said, urging the government improve its control efforts. In Pathum Thani’s Muang and Sam Khok districts, 4,000 homes outside flood barriers’ protection were submerged as residents called for aid. Three two-storey school buildings were severely damaged due to prolonged flooding and deemed unsafe and beyond repair, district chief Nimit Patamacharoen said yesterday.

Source: The Nation Bangkok November 02, 2017 16:52 UTC