Floodwater from the northern outskirts of the capital continues to flow deeper towards the heart of Bangkok while its western side has been widely inundated and will need over a month to drain.
Floodwater from the northern outskirts of the capital yesterday covered the whole of Khu Bon Road and the level was rising.
Floodwater at the 8th kilometre marker of Ram Intra Road was knee-deep and expanded to the Jorakhay Bua post office on the end section of Navamin Road.
The Bang Khen police station reported floodwater was 40-65 centimeters deep on Sukhaphiban 5 Road, Ram Intra 8, 27, 29 and 39 roads, Chaeng Watthana Road near the Laksi roundabout, and Ngam Wong Wan Road adjacent to Kasetsart University.
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The Kannayao police station reported floodwater had reached a depth of 20cm to 60cm in housing estates on Khu Bon 27 Road while Vacharapol Road was 30-80cm under water.
Floodwater also reached the Safari World zoo in Klong Sam Wa district. It was 30cm deep there yesterday and zoo staff tried to pump water out of the compound. The zoo was closed yesterday and animals were evacuated to higher ground within the compound.
The central government complex on Chaeng Watthana Road was relatively deserted yesterday as most officials were unable to reach their flooded workplaces there.
However, about 3,000 flood evacuees remained in shelters in the government complex.
As water was crossing over the dyke of the government complex, the office of the justice permanent secretary, the Probation Department and the Department of Juvenile Observation and Protection moved out of the government complex.
Floodwater was mostly waist-deep on Chaeng Wattana Soi 12-20 while Chaeng Wattana Soi 14 and nearby Song Prapha Road were 1.5 metres under water. Floodwater was 80cm deep on Vibhavadi Rangsit Road from the Laksi intersection through Ngam Wong Wan intersection to Wat Samian Nari temple where Wat Samian Nari school functions as an evacuation center.
On Ngam Wong Wan Road, floodwater stretched from its intersection with Vibhavadi Rangsit Road through the Klong Prem Central Prison to Pongpet intersection and was 40-50cm deep.
Transport Minister Sukumpol Suwanatat, who supervises flood relief in northern Bangkok, said a 6km-long dyke made from sandbags, stretching from a U-turn on Phahon Yothin Road by Khlong Rangsit Prayoonsak canal to the Don Muang railway station would be completed today and should slow down flood intakes from the northern outskirts.
In western Bangkok, Phetkasem Road from its intersection with Phetkasem 50 Road to Krathum Baen district of Samut Sakhon province was 50cm-1m under water.
The Bang Kae branch of The Mall department store was closed.
Agriculture and Cooperatives Minister Theera Wongsamut, who supervises drainage in western Bangkok, said it would take about 40 days to drain the 2 billion cubic meters of floodwater in western Bangkok.
Science and Technology Minister Plodprasop Suraswadi said western Bangkok could be completely inundated.
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