Save your work and sneak out early this afternoon as Bangkok is in for yet another downpour – this time starting by late afternoon.
Light to moderate rain is expected to start by 4pm for the next three days across much of metropolitan Bangkok, with City Hall singling out both downtown and outlying districts for a good soaking in a morning weather bulletin. Commuters should allow extra travel time and use caution, the Bangkok Metropolitan Administration warned.
Meanwhile, natural resources chief Varawut Silpa-archa told reporters that Bangkok Gov. Chadchart Sittipunt has ordered half a dozen large water pumps distributed around Bangkok in an effort to reduce flooding.
Four of the pumps will be set up around Phra Khanong, with two others to be installed Monday in the Srinakarin and Bang Na areas.
Chadchart believes running four pumps at the same time will significantly reduce flooding.
This morning, several were flooded communities in the northern district of Lak Si including the Soi Chaeng Wattana 10 Intersection near the Government Complex, City Hall reported.
Several roads in the eastern district of Min Buri saw light flooding, with traffic authorities on the lookout for potential hazards such as fallen trees.
Bangkok has been soaked by some of the heaviest and most persistent rain in 2017, with the year-to-date total through August already exceeding the total rainfall for each of the past three years, according to climate data.
The rainy season normally ends in November. Then, of course, there’s the Center for Climate Change and Disaster guy who says it may keep falling for the next 100 years.
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