Bangkok faces anxious days ahead as floodwaters threaten to inundate the city.
In a deepening crisis, Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra has admitted that her government is racing against time to build flood barriers to contain the rising waters.
Bangkok yesterday announced the formation of a flood-prevention “war room” in a bid to put up “a special fight” to protect the capital against the triple threat of rainstorms, water runoff from upriver, and high tides from the Gulf of Thailand.
The Bangkok Metropolitan Administration has set up nearly 200 shelters to cater for possible evacuations.
Critical times are October 16-18, when water levels are expected to peak.
Almost 100 crocodiles have escaped from a flooded farm in Uthai Thani province, but the Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has sought to calm fears that the animals may attack people.
It says crocodiles raised in captivity have no instinct to attack humans.
by TravelMole Asia
