Severe flooding has hit the Irish capital, Dublin, leaving one person missing. The police officer is feared dead after he was swept away by the flood waters in the County Wicklow area. The region received torrential rain, resulting in quickly rising water levels. The flooding overwhelmed homes and businesses, disrupted rail travel and flooded roadways. […]
Thai Flooding Closes Bangkok Airport, Threatens Relief Center
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 5:10 am (UTC-5)
Rising floodwaters seeped into Bangkok’s Don Muang airport Tuesday, halting flights and prompting authorities to begin moving people out of a major evacuation center at the facility. Bangkok’s main international airport, southeast of the city, was not affected. But Don Muang, located near flooded districts in the city’s northern suburbs, is the site of Thailand’s […]
Thai Flooding Closes Bangkok Airport, Threatens Relief Center
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 4:05 am (UTC-5)
Rising floodwaters seeped into Bangkok’s Don Muang airport Tuesday, halting flights and threatening the main depot from flying emergency supplies to inundated areas in northern Thailand. Bangkok’s main international airport, southeast of the city, was not affected. But Don Muang, located near flooded districts in the city’s northern suburbs, is the site of Thailand’s Flood […]
Japan to Help Japanese Firms Affected by Thai Flooding
Posted October 25th, 2011 at 1:35 am (UTC-5)
Japan is promising emergency assistance to Japanese companies whose plants and subsidiaries in Thailand have been damaged or disrupted by massive flooding in that country. The floods are already disrupting supply lines and slowing production at some of Japan’s biggest companies, just as they recovered from slowdowns caused by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. […]
Bangkok Residents Evacuate Six Districts as Floodwaters Near
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 11:35 am (UTC-5)
Residents of six Bangkok districts have headed to higher ground as floodwaters moved closer to the center of the Thai capital. On Monday morning, water spilled into streets around the city’s old Don Muang airport and a center for relief operations. A volunteer at the relief center said the water rose dramatically through the night […]
Bangkok Residents Evacuate Six Districts as Floodwaters Near
Posted October 24th, 2011 at 2:35 am (UTC-5)
Residents of six Bangkok districts were moving to higher ground Monday after officials in Thailand’s capital city warned that flooding in the areas is imminent. Bangkok’s governor said late Sunday that aged and infirm residents of the districts should move into emergency shelters while others should move their belongings to higher ground. Monday morning, water […]
Floods Devastate SE Asia
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 4:10 pm (UTC-5)
Thailand authorities are battling to protect the capital, Bangkok, from the flood waters that devastated central provinces, while officials in neighboring Burma said Sunday floods there killed at least 100 people. Bangkok Governor Sukhumbhand Paribatra said the city’s flood defenses are prepared, but face a new wave of waters now bearing down from the northern […]
Flooding Devastates Thailand, Burma
Posted October 23rd, 2011 at 6:50 am (UTC-5)
Thailand battled to protect Bangkok Sunday from being swamped by flood water, while officials in neighboring Burma say floods there have killed at least 100 people. Authorities in Thailand’s capital shored up weak areas in the city’s defenses and attempted to protect infrastructure. The flooding is the worst to hit Thailand in decades, killing at […]
Thailand Fights to Channel Flood Waters, Spare Capital
Posted October 22nd, 2011 at 9:50 pm (UTC-5)
VIDEO: APExpress 4 – 10/22/2011 7:38:00 PM – AP-APTN-2330: Thailand Floods 2 Thailand’s authorities are trying to channel the floodwaters through Bangkok canals in an effort to spare the city center as floods put more pressure on the barriers protecting the capital. Some of the northern suburbs have already seen waist-high water. One third of […]
Thai PM Says Floods May Last at Least a Month
Posted October 22nd, 2011 at 3:05 am (UTC-5)
Thai Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra says the kingdom must endure at least one more month of flooding before waters recede. In her televised weekly address Saturday, the Thai leader said floodwaters could reach one meter high in Bangkok. She urged residents of the capital city Friday to move their possessions to higher ground. The worst […]
