With a high tide on the Chao Phraya River due to hit at 5:52pm last night Oct. 28, riverside areas prepared for overflow.
In a surreal scene, the streets of Chinatown near Rajawongse Pier were deserted at 5pm on a Friday night. Where normally there would be a conundrum of food carts, honking traffic, and masses of people finishing work, there was only the occasional worried shopkeeper shoring up sandbag defenses. Water steadily seeped into Song Wat Road, which runs parallel to the river, and by 6pm most of the street was under about a foot of murky brown river liquid. A store on Rajawongse Road was having a big sale of all things flood-related – all at jacked up prices no doubt – and people were lining up to buy boots, boats, and life jackets.
Nearby, on Maharat Road near Thammasat University, the current was much strong and water about two to three feet deep. Most of the streets around the University and Sanam Luang near the river were inundated. A middle aged owner of an amulet store on Maharat Road said it floods every year in the area but that this is the worst he’s ever seen.
The Bangkok Post reported today Oct. 29 that, despite some overflows, defenses along the Chao Phraya in Bangkok generally held firm and there was no major flooding at the high tide this morning at 9:09am.
Chinatown area
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Tha Prachan area
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Photos: Coconuts Bangkok
