Further southeast, in the On Nut neighbourhood, AFP reporters saw locals wading through knee-high floodwaters along a road, as well as filling up sandbags to take home.
“EVERY CANAL FILLED”
Bangkok Governor Chadchart Sittipunt said the east of the city was most impacted and warned more rain was forecast, AFP reported.
“The rain keeps falling and we are doing our best. We are trying to pump the water out, but the water in canals are full,” he said on social media.
“The risk areas are those who live near canals. Every canal is now filled.”
Chadchart urged bedridden patients depending on life-saving medical equipment to consider a temporary stay in hospital.
He also advised residents to move their cars to higher ground.
Bangkok’s public transport authority offered free access to MRT train “park and ride” carparks to store their vehicles, until Oct 2.
The Department of Disaster Prevention and Mitigation warned of low pressure across eastern, northeastern and central Thailand until Sunday, saying there was a risk of flash floods, forest runoff, mudslides, and river overflow.
