Floods leave cars underwater at Bangkok condo

In the relentless flash flooding ravaging Thailand, the water level at a car park at a condominium in the Bang Khen district of Bangkok reached new heights on Saturday night.

In eerie photos posted by the Facebook page ‘Survive – Sai Mai must Survive,’ the roofs of cars in the basement car park on the Theparak – Phahon Yothin Road are almost completely covered by floodwater.

Councillor of Bang Khen District Narissorn Saengkaew coordinated with the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation and brought equipment to pump the water out of the basement.

Narisson said that three cars in total were damaged. He spoke with the condo owner, who said the condo has insurance to cover the damages. Car insurance companies will also cover some of the costs, he added.

Luckily no one was in the car park when it flooded. In the floods that hit Seoul last month, three people died including a 13 year old when they got stuck in a flooded basement.

Flooding is also causing big trouble in Rayong, eastern Thailand. This morning, the Royal Thai Navy deployed a fleet of 20 boats to push water from the overflowing Prasae river into the Gulf of Thailand.

The operation aims to ease flooding in the worst-hit areas of Ban Na, Thung Khwai and Thang Kwian subdistricts. Last week, floods killed 140,000 chickens at a flooded poultry farm in Rayong.

Hundreds of houses in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri province, also in eastern Thailand, flooded on Saturday night.

Today, the Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation issued a warning to watch out for rivers bursting their banks between September 11-13 in the following provinces…

Mae Hong Son, Chiang Rai, Chiang Mai, Nan, Lampang, Lamphun, Phayao, Phrae, Uttaradit, Phitsanulok, Phetchabun, Tak, Nakhon Sawan, Leoi, Nakhon Ratchasima, So Kaeo, Rayong, Chanthaburi and Trat.

SOURCE: Sanook