Bangkok, Thailand, the government is unable to resist the flood down to sea level in 50 years

The latest news from Thailand since the outbreak began in late July floods have caused 527 deaths in Thailand. This floods has affected 55 districts of Bangkok's 16 districts, including subway and light rail, including the northern part of the public transport system is facing the threat of closure, siege of Bangkok's flood is already approaching the downtown area.

Flooding within the city close to Bangkok
7, the reporter visits have become a "flooding" the northern periphery of the inner city of Bangkok, and the people trapped by flooding following the experience of travel.
A are located in a northern Bangkok weekend market, the water depth exceeds 50 cm. Usually people just 5 minutes from the rail station, but this time due to flooding of the block, people want to light rail station only rolled up trouser legs, standing on the muddy water, waiting for the military's "car ferry."

Reporters saw along the way, flooded the bus station, a vast expanse of water have become a park, road to "river", has been unable to pass cars, pickup trucks and military travel card car full of people. There are some people rowing boats and vessels in the bubble "of water on the road" hard forward.
Central shopping center more than 70 cm of water, forcing the temporary closure of this large store. Shopping center into a temporary site open space, the number of soldiers at the scene directing traffic, to help passengers on and off. Thai Army soldiers cloth Chadha told reporters that this site 24 hours a military service. Their work is mainly to implement the car broke down in the water, this pedestrian vehicle information to assist passengers on and off.
In the rainy season in Thailand for decades suffered the most severe floods. Thai Public Broadcasting Corporation reported that the outflow from the central flood plain north of Bangkok together, and today is constantly flowing into the heart of Bangkok. The flood has begun the siege of the north metro stations, metro stations may result in closure.
According to local reports in Bangkok, Bangkok, Kun Peng, flood County sewer overflow 6 began, British Prime Minister pull the flooded streets to live. Reported that the British pulled from the canal 300 meters Lamchiek flood began to overflow the river banks, she lived Yothin Pattana 3 号 Lane sewer flooding has begun.
Thailand's Energy Minister, said Bhichai 8, Bangkok flood crisis could continue for about a month. After the flood receded, the government may need to clean up 300-400 tons garbage.
Government's inability to resist the flood?
7, the mayor of Bangkok Sukhumvit 50 Bangkok, climbing area, has ordered the evacuation of 11 district and seven district local evacuation. Meanwhile, with the floods continue to the city center close to, the authorities issued a city in northern evacuation recommendations. The executive order that the flood has entered the city hinterland, and the Government has been unable to resist flooding.
Face of the siege of the flood, not only the soldiers and volunteers for flood relief services, employees in other industries are also involved. A weekend in a market are waiting outside the temporary site of Tidi Pan is a nurse, she told reporters many of his colleagues have been deployed to disaster services, she rushed to the hospital was hit in order to apply to Ayutthaya reinforcements; at Lat throw a bank before the junction floods have inundated the sidewalks, but the bank is still open. A school business manager bank Peng said: "The water has not yet entered the room, as long as a customer to patronize, we will insist on providing services."
8, in the central Ayutthaya and other places of the industrial park first began drainage work. Previously, the central Ayutthaya and other places of eight industrial parks as a result of severely affected many factories closed.
Bangkok's two airports, Suvarnabhumi airport has been floods two weeks ago, the current disaster is still very serious; and as the most important international airport, in response to floods, Suvarnabhumi International Airport specially reinforced up to 3 m the double levees. Song of the poor airport assistant manager, said: "We are confident that the airport is not affected to protect the airport was built there long enough and high enough water wall, we believe that the staff of various departments have been fully prepared to deal with possible floods struck."
Local time on November 7, female Prime Minister of Thailand arrived in Bangkok British pull flooded neighborhoods, inspect the disaster and distributing food for the affected people. British pull that her proposal to Congress for 100 billion baht reconstruction funds (about $ 3.3 billion).
Bangkok under 50 years down to sea level
According to Taiwan's "United Daily News" reported, experts warn that the current disaster is only a prelude to future flooding problem in Bangkok, in global warming and excessive pumping of groundwater under the double impact of 50 years may be below sea level in most parts of Bangkok.
Chulalongkorn University, Ai Nong Duc climate change expert with the World Bank pointed out that the 12 million population of Bangkok was built in a swamp, and in order to supply the city's factories and residents of the growing demand, excessive extraction of groundwater, strata in the late 1970s at an annual rate of 10 cm subsidence, although the Government has been alert to the limits of groundwater crisis, the current subsidence rate is still 1-3 cm per year, an estimated 50 years in most parts of Bangkok will be below sea level, flooding is likely The current four times.
Asian Development Bank's chief climate change expert Macaulay said: "The sink can not go back, Bangkok will not rise." Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development will also be listed as 2070 in Bangkok before, coastal flooding is most likely to suffer from the global 10 cities.
Bangkok is only 30 km away from the Gulf of Siam, experts estimate that global warming will make sea level rise by 2050 19-29 cm, the Chao Phraya River flows through the city level will rise, flooding in Bangkok infinite future, probably flood the recent siege only a precursor.
"Flooding in Bangkok," sounded the alarm to the urban development
"While floods in Thailand has a large rainfall, the rainy season a long time and other reasons, but the human factor can not be ignored." Associate, Institute of Asia-Pacific Academy of Social Sciences, Gong Hao Thai expert group said.
"First, the Thai government for the rainfall trend and lack of awareness of the severity of the floods, did not take timely preventive measures. Before the rainy season in July, an important reservoir Chao Phraya River upstream almost Bhumibol reservoir fills, water managers do not crash gate in time, This strong criticism in Thailand stricken.
Second, the forest cover and poor drainage facilities management is one of the causes of flooding. From 1951 to 1995, Thailand's forest cover from 60% to 22%, which led to a substantial decline in soil water storage capacity.
At the same time, population growth and urbanization are nowhere to be caused by the flood discharge situation. Bangkok is Thailand's largest concentration of population and industrial areas. But are ignored in the planning of urban flood conditions. "City continued construction of roads, housing and industrial areas, destruction of natural waterways, taking up to infiltrate, store flood low-lying areas." Hao Gong group said.
National Climate Center's chief expert Ren said that the "Flooding in Bangkok" on the world's urban development is also a warning, especially for low elevation coastal cities, not desperate for development, the development of the need to strengthen the prevention of natural disasters of capacity.