'Masses of water' still to come to Bangkok

Bangkok faces the threat of deluge from two huge masses of water north-east of the city over coming days, a senior Royal Irrigation Department official warned on Monday. -- PHOTO: AFP

While the flood situation in Bangkok remained relatively stable over the weekend, the capital faces the threat of deluge from two huge masses of water north-east of the city over coming days, a senior Royal Irrigation Department official warned on Monday.

'The first mass of water has left Rangsit canal brimming, and spilling over the parallel Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok road (running in an east-west direction) north of Bangkok, which doubles as a flood barrier,' said the official, who asked not to be named due to the sensitivity of the news.

The second mass of water, now trapped further north beyond the Klong Luang road in Pathum Thani (which also runs east-west), was also building, and would soon cross the road to add to the first, he explained.

'When these two lots (of water) combine, in the next few days, they will amass and break through barriers along Rangsit-Nakhon Nayok road and head to further inundate Lak Luk Ka district in Pathum Thani, then Don Muang in northern Bangkok,' he said.